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Cardiology: Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiology (from Greek by. Kardía - heart and Greek. Lógos - word study), a branch of medicine that studies the structure, function, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, their causes, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis. In addition, cardiology considering methods of treatment, prevention, issues of medical rehabilita ... Read more »

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy - a group of diseases, which primarily affected the muscle of the heart and are manifested dysfunction of the heart muscle. There are three types of cardiomyopathy:

• dilated
  
• hypertrophic
  
• restrictive
  

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Dilated cardiomyopathy Treatment

When the disease breaks down the main function of the heart muscle - contractile. It is weakened. At the same time diffuse (all sides) are expanding the chamber of the heart. Much less affected only one of the chambers of the heart. According to the statistics of dilated cardiomyopathy comprise 9% of all cases of heart failure. The incid ... Read more »

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Treatment

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is characterized by a significant thickening and an increase in the volume (hypertrophy) wall of the left ventricle of the heart, while its inner cavity does not expand. In most cases, more and thicker interventricular septum.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy Treatment

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a disease caused by a change of the heart - and the endocardium is characterized by impaired diastolic function of the heart.

Pulmonary embolism Treatment

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an acute occlusion of the branches of the pulmonary artery thrombus in the veins of the systemic circulation.

Pulmonary embolism is up to 50% mortality in hospital cardiology departments of hospitals, it also is the main cause of death in postoperative patients. Sudden death in one third of ... Read more »

Atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is the second in frequency after the beats of the heart rhythm disturbance. It includes two types of atrial arrhythmias:

• auricular fibrillation
  
• atrial flutter.
  

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