cardiac arrest

A branch block is an abnormality that causes impediments and/or delays in the electrical conduction system of the heart muscle, i.e. in the transmission of the electrical impulses that occur between the atria and ventricles causing the…

The extracorporeal circulation allows oxygenation and pumping of the circulating blood during cardiac surgery generally performed with a stopped heart; the heart will be stopped, for example, to repair or replace a valve or ascending aorta…

Angina pectoris is a heart condition that is an important alarm bell for possible coronary artery disease

Myocardiopathy refers to diseases of the heart muscle, in which the walls of the heart chambers are stretched, thickened or stiffened

When people commonly speak of an infarction, they are referring to the necrosis of cardiac muscle tissue, thus, medically speaking, we speak of a myocardial infarction

Aortic insufficiency, also known as aortic regurgitation, is a heart condition characterised by a reflux of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle due to an abnormality of the aortic valve

Let's talk about valvular insufficiency: heart valves are anatomical structures of the heart, whose main function is to regulate the passage of blood within the heart muscle, guaranteeing the unidirectionality of the blood flow thanks to a…

Tricuspid insufficiency is a heart disease characterised by regurgitation of blood within the right atrium during the contraction phase of the heart (systole)

Having a univentricular heart means having a complex congenital heart disease in which one of the two ventricular pumps will not function, either anatomically or functionally

Coronary angiography (or Coronarography)is a test used to find out how much narrowing there is in your arteries. Learn what to expect and when you might get a stent