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2. Pulmonary heart disease - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms/signs of pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale) can be non-specific and depend on the stage of the disorder, and can include blood backing up into the systemic venous system, including the hepatic vein. [7] [8] As pulmonary heart disease progresses, most individuals will develop symptoms like: [1] Shortness of breath; Wheezing ...

3. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome - Wikipedia

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   When this leads to right sided heart failure, it is known as cor pulmonale. [4] Symptoms of this disorder occur because the heart has difficulty pumping blood from the body through the lungs. Fluid may, therefore, accumulate in the skin of the legs in the form of edema (swelling), and in the abdominal cavity in the form of ascites ; decreased ...

4. Pulmonary embolism - Wikipedia

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   An ECG may show signs of right heart strain or acute cor pulmonale in cases of large PEs – the classic signs are a large S wave in lead I, a large Q wave in lead III, and an inverted T wave in lead III (S1Q3T3), which occurs in 12–50% of people with the diagnosis, yet also occurs in 12% without the diagnosis. [73] [74]

5. Pulmonary valve stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS) is a heart valve disorder. Blood going from the heart to the lungs goes through the pulmonary valve, whose purpose is to prevent blood from flowing back to the heart. In pulmonary valve stenosis this opening is too narrow, leading to a reduction of flow of blood to the lungs. [1] [5]

6. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart Valve Disease. Heart valves open and close to allow blood to flow through the heart. When these valves become damaged, your heart has to work harder and may not work as well.

7. Right atrial enlargement - Wikipedia

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   Right atrial enlargement (RAE) is clinically significant due to its prevalence in diagnosing supraventricular arrhythmias. Further, early diagnosis using risk factors like RAE may decrease mortality because patients with RAE are at 9x more risk of arrhythmias and other cardiac conditions compared to their healthy counterparts. [2]

8. Acute decompensated heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The final step is heart replacement. When severe heart failure is present and medicines or other heart procedures are not effective, the diseased heart needs to be replaced. Another common procedure used to treat heart failure patients is an angioplasty. Is a procedure used to improve the symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD), reduce the ...

9. Heart failure diagnosis at 29 surreal, doctor says - AOL

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   Sanj, now 31, was discharged from hospital on Christmas Eve 2022 and began adjusting to life with a new heart. She said reaching milestones like going to the gym and taking up hiking, yoga and ...