Cardiac tamponade, what is it? The pericardium is a protective saccular structure surrounding the heart and consists of two leaflets: the parietal pericardium (the fibrous outer layer) and the visceral pericardium (the inner layer, in…
Pericarditis is an inflammatory disease (acute or subacute) that affects the pericardium, accompanied by altered inflammatory indices (ESR, CRP), often gives intense pain, which increases in certain positions or by deep inhalations,…
The term 'ischaemic heart disease', also called 'myocardial ischaemia', refers to a diverse group of pathologies that have in common an insufficient blood supply to the myocardium, i.e. the heart muscle
Let's learn more about pericarditis in its acute form: the pericardium is a protective saccular structure that surrounds the heart and consists of two distinct membranes (pericardial leaflets)
Let's talk about constrictive pericarditis. The pericardium is a thin membrane that surrounds the heart, consisting of two layers: the fibrous pericardium (the outer layer) and the serous pericardium (the inner layer)
The effects of Argon. A simple gas could radically change the prospects for recovery in people in cardiac arrest: a gas that would be able to preserve the patients' brains as much as possible, greatly limiting neurological damage and…
Cardiomegaly' in medicine refers to an increase in the volume or mass of the heart due to increased wall thickness or abnormal dilatation of its cavities