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… Fetal Heart Monitoring On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done … Information Test Overview Electronic fetal heart monitoring is done during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. It keeps track of the heart rate of your baby ( fetus ). It also shows how long …
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… Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Deciding About Surgery On this page: … is severe and in danger of doing irreparable damage to your heart. The risk of surgery is justified if the regurgitation … surgery might depend on how likely it is that your valve disease will get worse. Your doctor will assess the …
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… Heart-Healthy Eating On this page: Overview Overview Heart-healthy eating means eating food that can help lower your risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. It focuses on eating more …
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… Heart-Healthy Lifestyle On this page: Overview Overview A heart-healthy lifestyle is a way of living that helps keep … Stroke Risk Screening Coronary Artery Disease: Prevention Myths Fitness: Getting and Staying …
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… Mitochondrial Diseases On this page: Conditions Basics Conditions Basics What are mitochondrial diseases? Mitochondrial (say "my-tuh-KAWN-dree-uhl") diseases are a group of rare diseases that can be passed …
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… Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (Diastolic Heart Failure) On this page: Overview … leading to diastolic heart failure. Coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease can narrow the arteries …
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… Infectious diseases Last updated March 1, 2024 Infectious diseases can be transmitted from person to person. They can … fungi, viruses, or parasites. Learn more about infectious diseases in this section. Respiratory illnesses Middle East …
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… Right-Sided Heart Failure On this page: Overview … heart failure. But other conditions, such as certain lung diseases, can cause the right ventricle to get weaker and … stenosis. Pulmonic stenosis is a narrowing of the pulmonic valve. It limits blood flow out of the right ventricle and …
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… Congenital Heart Defect Types On this page: Congenital Heart Defect Types Congenital Heart … arteriosus . Hypoplastic left heart syndrome . Tricuspid valve abnormalities . What are acyanotic heart defects? …
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… Congenital Heart Defects in Children On this page: Condition Overview … such as a hole between the chambers of the heart or a heart valve that has not formed right. Others are more serious and … failure . Health problems in adults, such as lung or kidney disease. Adults Adults who have a congenital heart defect …
