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2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device that provides support for cardiac pump function, which is used either to partially or to completely replace the function of a failing heart. VADs can be used in patients with acute (sudden onset) or chronic (long standing) heart failure, which can occur due to coronary artery ...

3. Da Costa's syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Da Costa's syndrome, also known as soldier's heart among other names, was a syndrome or a set of symptoms similar to those of heart disease. These include fatigue upon exertion, shortness of breath , palpitations , sweating , chest pain , and sometimes orthostatic intolerance .

4. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   [1] [5] [6] Treatment of TIC can involve treating the heart failure as well as the tachycardia or arrhythmia. [1] TIC has a good prognosis with treatment, with most people recovering some to all of their heart function. [1] The number of cases that occur is unclear. [5] TIC has been reported in all age groups. [6]

5. Management of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   In individuals with heart failure, increasing physical activity offers significant prognostic benefits for the secondary prevention of the condition. [3] If sleep apnea is identified, treat with CPAP, BiPAP, dental appliances or surgery. Sleep apnea is an under-recognized risk factor for heart failure.

6. Acute decompensated heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The treatment of heart disease is rapidly changing and thus new therapies for acute heart failure treatment are being introduced to save more lives from these massive attacks. [ 24 ] Bypass surgery is performed by removing a vein from the arm or leg, or an artery from the chest and replacing the blocked artery in the heart.

7. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). [1] [2] A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a counter-shock) to the heart.

8. Intra-aortic balloon pump - Wikipedia

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   The first publication of intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation appeared in the American Heart Journal of May 1962; 63: 669-675 by S. Moulopoulos, S. Topaz and W. Kolff. [ citation needed ] The device and the balloons were then developed for commercial use between 1967 and 1969 heart surgery by William Rassman at Cornell Medical Center and were ...

9. Cardiac physiology - Wikipedia

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   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.