Infective endocarditis - Causes, Treatment
The heart is a hollow muscular organ. Its wall consists of three layers:
- outer layer - the pericardium - a thin sheet of connective tissue
- medium - the myocardium - the muscular layer
- internal - e
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Chronic heart failure
Chronic heart failure is one of the most frequent complications of diseases of the cardiovascular system. Any disease of the heart reduces the heart's ability to provide the body sufficient blood flow. That is, to reduce its pumping function.
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Pericarditis
Pericardium and heart bag is outer shell of the heart. It consists of two sheets. Denser outer layer consisting of connective tissue, internal - of a single layer of cells.
Pericardial sac performs important functions for the correct ope
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Pericardial effusion Treatment
Exudative or exudative pericarditis - an inflammatory disease of the heart bag (pericardium), which is accompanied by an increase in the amount of fluid in the cavity of the heart bags. Normally, between the sheets of pericardium in cardiac pouch is 20-30 milliliters of liquid. When pericardial effusion of the number increases to 200-300 m
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Congenital heart defects
Congenital heart disease - is caused in utero, before birth, anatomical defects of the heart, its valve apparatus or its blood vessels. These defects can occur alone or in combination with each other.
Congenital heart disease can manifest itself immediately after birth or may occur
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Patent ductus arteriosus - Diagnosis, Treatment
Open arteriosus (Botallo) duct is located between the pulmonary artery trunk and the aorta. It opens into the aorta. This canal is functioning in the fetus during intrauterine development. Lungs before birth do not work and through the duct between the pulmonary artery and aorta maternal blood, bypassing the lungs, enters
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Defect in the pulmonary artery wall
Normally, the aorta and pulmonary artery are connected to each other is not. Defect aortolegochnoy septum is the presence of openings between the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery. It is formed as a result of impaired formation between aortolegochnoy septum.
This is a rare malformation. The frequency
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