Heart Disease

Heart disease or coronary artery disease is the number one cause of deaths in the United States. Officially it is the buildup of plaque in blood vessels that nourish the heart. Over a lifetime these blood vessels can become clogged with materials which make it impossible for the heart to receive the oxygen it needs to continue beating. A heart attack is when these blood vessels become completely occluded, causing heart muscle to die.

Information on conditions of the heart.
The articles that appear in this section:

Adenosine Stress Tests || AVNRT || Basic Axis Determination || Breast Feeding Helps a Woman's Heart || Brugada Pattern || Brugada Syndrome || Classification of AF || Difference Between AFib and AFlutter || Drugs used to convert AF || FDRs Blood Pressure || Former NFL Players Not More Likely to Develop Heart Disease || Frank-Starling Mechanism || Heart Disease Quick Facts || How to determine if a rhythm is sinus || Index || Limb lead reversal || Mnemonic for Determining Rate of EKG || Mnemonic for Lead Placement || Mortality Rates From CHD Rising in Young Women || MPI || NIPPV vs CPAP vs O2 || Normal Blood Pressure || NSTEMI || Pediatric Heart Defects || Prehypertension || Stage 1 Hypertension || Stage 2 Hypertension || STEMI || Symptoms of A fib || Various Types of Shock ||

This page was last updated: 9/26/2009

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I need to know what electrolytes affect the heart?

Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cl, HPO4, HCO3, or in other words yes

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