Category heart health

Heart diseases - such as heart attack, cardiac arrest, coronary heart disease etc. - are among the leading causes of death in the world's most industrialized countries. Their onset is very often linked to incorrect lifestyles, cigarette smoking and a high fat diet to physical inactivity. An interesting US statistical study, carried out a few years ago, focused on determining which risk factor has the greatest impact on the onset of heart diseases

The heart attack - more properly called myocardial infarction - is the pathological process due to which the flow of blood destined for the myocardium (or the heart muscle) is inadequate to the requests. Often caused by atherosclerosis , this serious condition causes necrosis (ie death) of myocardial tissue and a reduction in the contractile capacity of the heart

The silent heart attack is a form of asymptomatic myocardial infarction or, at most, characterized by just mentioned ailments, which often do not suggest a heart disease. Specified that silent heart attack and classic heart attack share the same pathophysiological mechanism and the same risk factors (physical inactivity, smoking, high fat diet etc

Angina (or ischemic heart disease) and heart attack (myocardial infarction) are two similar conditions due to the underlying pathophysiological mechanism, but differing in severity and complications. In fact, both are due to an obstruction of the coronary arteries caused by cholesterol deposits and blood clots, but, while in the case of angina, the narrowing is partial and does not involve the death of the myocardium, in the case of the heart attack, coronary occlusion is likely to cause necrosis (ie death) of the heart muscle

Today we know that chronic inflammation is a very important risk factor for the development of many diseases, including the so-called "big killers", such as the dreaded cardiovascular diseases, stroke, diabetes and cancer. The presence of only one of these diseases, in turn, supports and increases the inflammatory framework, favoring the development of further pathologies

The total artificial heart is a mechanical device, designed to replace an individual's true heart when he suffers from late-stage heart failure . The term heart failure is used to indicate a serious pathological condition that is established when the heart is severely ill and incapable of satisfying the blood demands of the organism to which it belongs

Carotid endarterectomy performed under general or local anesthesia is the surgical procedure, which allows the cleaning of the carotid arteries, victims of the consequences of atherosclerosis . The carotid arteries - or more simply carotids - are two large blood vessels located at the sides of the neck, which, together with the vertebral arteries, carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the brain and to all the anatomical structures of the head

The total artificial heart is a mechanical device designed to replace a person's true heart when he suffers from late-stage heart failure . In order to proceed with its implantation, a very careful preparation is required, which must start at least a week before the operation. This preparation is a real pre-operative hospitalization , in which a team of doctors composed of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons examines the patient and evaluates his health conditions

The total artificial heart is a mechanical device, designed to replace an individual's true heart when he suffers from late-stage heart failure . Consisting of two ventricles of synthetic material, the total artificial heart is first implanted in place of the two "original" cardiac ventricles, after which it is joined to the atria and finally connected to the incoming and outgoing blood vessels

The total artificial heart is a mechanical device designed to replace a person's true heart when he suffers from late-stage heart failure . The term heart failure refers to a serious pathological condition, in which the heart is incapable of satisfying the blood demands of the organism to which it belongs