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The word cardioplegia combines the Greek cardio meaning the "heart", and plegia "paralysis". [ 1] Technically, this means arresting or stopping the heart so that surgical procedures can be done in a still and bloodless field. Most commonly, however, the word cardioplegia refers to the solution used to bring about asystole of the heart, or heart ...
Cardiotoxicity. Cardiotoxicity is the occurrence of heart dysfunction as electric or muscle damage, resulting in heart toxicity. [ 1] This can cause heart failure, arrhythmia, myocarditis, and cardiomyopathy in patients. [ 2] Some effects are reversible, while in others, permanent damage requiring further treatment may arise.
Ventricular remodeling. In cardiology, ventricular remodeling (or cardiac remodeling) [ 1] refers to changes in the size, shape, structure, and function of the heart. This can happen as a result of exercise (physiological remodeling) or after injury to the heart muscle (pathological remodeling). [ 2] The injury is typically due to acute ...
Cardiac physiology. Cardiac physiology or heart function is the study of healthy, unimpaired function of the heart: involving blood flow; myocardium structure; the electrical conduction system of the heart; the cardiac cycle and cardiac output and how these interact and depend on one another.
Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle. [ 1] Early on there may be few or no symptoms. [ 1] As the disease worsens, shortness of breath, feeling tired, and swelling of the legs may occur, due to the onset of heart failure. [ 1] An irregular heart beat and fainting may occur. [ 1]
The term neocardiogenesis comes from cardiogenesis, which refers to the development of the heart in the embryo; neocardiogenesis, in turn, means the development of the heart in adults. The heart has mechanisms already in place that are responsible for small scale repair. However, these repair mechanisms are not sufficient for large scale repair ...
Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes an impairment of the myocardium (heart muscle), which can result in heart failure. [ 1][ 5] People with TIC may have symptoms associated with heart failure (e.g. shortness of breath or ankle ...
If this happens, the patient can have symptoms and/or complications, including an increased risk of heart failure, fainting, developing an irregular heartbeat, as well as up to a 0.7% risk of ...