cardiac arrest

Chest pain is a symptom that immediately raises alarm bells. Feeling a strong pain in the chest immediately leads one to think of a heart attack, one of the most common causes of this type of pain, but this is not always the case

Arteriopathy is a pathology affecting the cardiovascular system. It is a pathology that develops in the arterial district and consists of the obstruction of peripheral arteries

It can happen that you go to the cardiologist for a check-up and are told that 'there is a heart murmur'. Panic. Here come the worst thoughts, the worst conjectures and you find yourself looking for news about this infamous heart murmur

Cardiac asthma is a symptom of a dysfunction of the heart, i.e. cardiac insufficiency, a condition in which the heart muscle can no longer provide the blood flow needed by the body

Heart palpitations or palpitations occur in various conditions: when the normal and regular heartbeat increases in frequency to the point of perceiving an accelerated and very fast beat in the chest, throat or neck, when due to an…

First of all, it should be said that, despite making use of radiological support, coronarography is an examination performed by interventional cardiologists and is not a surgical procedure, even if, involving the puncture of an artery, it…

Atrial fibrillation occurs when the atria, from which the heart rhythm originates, do not contract in a synchronous manner and therefore 'quiver' or fibrillate, i.e. beat very rapidly and irregularly

Cardiac amyloidosis is one of a group of diseases known as amyloidosis. These are rare diseases characterised by the deposition of amyloid, an insoluble protein material that can damage tissues and organs

We learn about broken hearts at a very young age. Children’s books and cartoons show the heart shape broken into two pieces, usually with a zigzag at the cleft

The most common cause for a stroke is due to the formation of a blood clot in the brain artery. It can also cause serious damage to the brain