cardiac arrest

Ischaemic heart disease is a heart condition characterised by an insufficient blood supply to the myocardium

Focaccia delivers a first new ambulance to Sanitaservice Srl: the vehicles will be equipped with the FG MICRO H2O2 sanitising system developed by the company

Diseases involving the heart valves give rise to a broad spectrum of diseases, some deserving only periodic check-ups, others requiring even urgent replacement or surgical repair

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) is an interventional cardiology technique first performed in 1977 by a German physician, Dr Andreas Gruentzing

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the general population and its prevalence tends to increase with age

Carotid artery stenosis - why are they a danger to consider? The right and left carotids, together with the vertebral arteries, carry blood to the brain and run in the neck

The 5th National Congress of the Spanish Council of CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation will be held on 25 and 26 November in the Spanish city of Malaga

The term 'congenital' means 'existing at birth'. Congenital defects include all those alterations in the structure or function of one or more organs that occurred before birth, at conception or during embryo-fetal life

Pulmonary atresia is an obstruction that prevents blood from being oxygenated in the lungs. It must be diagnosed before birth and corrected with a series of surgical interventions

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a hereditary heart disease that is difficult to recognise, but can be diagnosed as part of a family screening