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2. Brown atrophy of the heart - Wikipedia

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   Brown atrophy of the heart is atrophy of the heart muscle (or myocardium) commonly found in the elderly. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is described as brown because fibers become pigmented by intracellular deposits (mostly around the cell nucleus ) of lipofuscin , [ 1 ] a type of lipochrome granule .

3. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   These irregular heart rhythms can range from mild to severe and may cause symptoms such as palpitations, lightheadedness, or even loss of consciousness. [7] In some cases, arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac arrest, a life-threatening condition in which the heart suddenly stops.

4. I'm a heart surgeon and heart attack survivor. These are 6 ...

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   This is a classic symptom of a heart attack often shown in movies and TV dramas, but other warning signs can be more subtle, especially in women. Chest pressure It can feel like a tightness in the ...

5. The One Thing You Should Never Do If You Want to Lower Your ...

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   "Heart attacks only happen to men." "They only affect older people." "Chest pain is the most common symptom.": These are misconceptions about heart attacks that doctors say they hear every day ...

6. A 3D-printed patch could help you recover from a heart attack

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   Researchers have produced a 3D-printed cell patch that can heal scarred heart tissue. The team used laser-based bioprinting to fit stem cells (based on adult human heart cells) to a matrix ...

7. Acute cardiac unloading - Wikipedia

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   Acute cardiac unloading decreases the workload of and the oxygen demand of the heart. This can be visualized as an overall decrease in the PVA of the PV loop. [3] [2] Mechanical unloading of the heart by a percutaneous ventricular support device such as the Impella device can achieve this in two ways. First, the device is a continuous flow device.

8. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - Wikipedia

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   At present, there is no drug or device that can reverse organ failure that has been judged by the health care team to be medically and/or surgically irreversible (organ function can recover, at least to a degree, in patients whose organs are very dysfunctional, where the patient has not died; [citation needed] and some organs, like the liver or ...

9. Therapists use VR to help older adults recover from falls ...

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   Hundreds of thousands of older people are hospitalized due to falls, and now some health care providers are using VR to help prevent the accidents. Therapists use VR to help older adults recover ...