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Blood Circulatory System/The circulatory system also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the...
Read articlePatent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a heart condition that affects some people, including babies. In simple terms, it’s when a small blood vessel in the heart,...
Read articleDeep breathing is one of the best ways to lower stress in the body. This is because when you breathe deeply, it sends a message to...
Read articleBlood Flow Mechanisms through the body delivers oxygen, nutrients, hormones, cells, products of defense mechanisms for wound healing, and platelets. The heart pumps these products to...
Read article15 Foods That Are Good for High Blood Pressure/Hypertension or high blood pressure, refers to the pressure of blood against your artery walls. Over time, high...
Read article17 Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Levels/High blood pressure, or hypertension, is called the “silent killer” for good reason. It often has no symptoms...
Read articleAbdominal aorta diseases can affect the large blood vessel in your abdomen, called the abdominal aorta. These conditions can lead to serious health problems, but understanding...
Read articleAbdominal aorta disorders refer to various health conditions that affect the abdominal aorta, a major blood vessel in your abdomen. This article aims to provide you...
Read articleAbdominal Aorta Dissection is a serious medical condition where a tear occurs in the inner layer of the aorta, the large blood vessel that supplies blood...
Read articleAbdominal aorta infarction is a serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to the abdominal aorta, a major blood vessel supplying blood to the...
Read articleAn abdominal aorta mass is a condition where there is an abnormal growth or swelling in the abdominal aorta, which is a major blood vessel supplying...
Read articleAbdominal Aorta Thrombosis is a serious condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in the large blood vessel (aorta) that supplies blood to the abdominal...
Read articleCACNB2-Related Brugada Syndrome Type 4 is a heart-rhythm disorder that can cause dangerous fast rhythms in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricular arrhythmias) and fainting...
Read articleBrugada syndrome caused by mutation in CACNB2 is a heart rhythm condition that makes the heart’s electrical system unstable. It can cause dangerous fast rhythms from...
Read articleBrugada syndrome 4 is a heart rhythm condition. It affects the tiny electrical signals that make your heart beat. In Brugada syndrome, those signals do not...
Read articleCACNA1C-related Brugada syndrome is a heart rhythm problem. It makes the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) beat in a dangerous way. It can cause...
Read articleBrugada syndrome (BrS) is a heart rhythm condition. It affects the heart’s electrical system and can cause dangerous fast rhythms from the lower chambers (ventricles). The...
Read articleBrugada syndrome 3 is a genetic heart-rhythm disorder caused by changes (variants) in a calcium-channel gene called CACNA1C. The gene change reduces the heart’s L-type calcium...
Read articleSudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) is a sudden death that happens during sleep in people who seemed healthy and whose autopsy shows no clear cause....
Read articleSudden unexplained death syndrome is also written as SUDS or SUDY (sudden unexplained death in the young). When the death happens during sleep it is often...
Read articlePokkuri Death Syndrome (PDS) is a traditional Japanese name for sudden, unexpected death during sleep in people with no obvious heart disease on autopsy. “Pokkuri” in...
Read articleIdiopathic ventricular fibrillation, Brugada type is a heart rhythm problem where the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) suddenly beat in a very fast and...
Read article“Dream disease” is known as dream-related sleep disorders, especially nightmare disorder (also called dream anxiety disorder) and other parasomnias that center on disturbing dreams, dream enactment,...
Read articleBrugada-type idiopathic ventricular fibrillation means a person has very fast, chaotic heartbeats (ventricular fibrillation) even though the heart looks normal on scans, and the ECG shows...
Read articleBangungut is a Filipino word that literally relates to a terrifying nightmare. In medicine, it is the local name for Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS)—a...
Read articleBrugada syndrome is an inherited heart rhythm problem. It affects the way tiny “ion channels” move electricity in the heart’s cells. This can create a special...
Read articleVentilator lung in newborns means damage to a baby’s lungs caused or worsened by mechanical breathing support. The ventilator can save life, but if pressures, volumes,...
Read articlePerinatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a long-lasting lung disease that begins around birth in very small or very early babies. The air sacs and small airways in...
Read articleChronic lung disease of prematurity means a baby born very early has lungs that are not fully developed and get injured after birth. The lungs do...
Read articleBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a long-lasting lung problem that affects some premature babies. It happens when a baby is born early and the lungs are still...
Read articleA congenital bronchial (bronchogenic) cyst is a fluid-filled pocket that forms before birth from an early mistake when the baby’s windpipe and airways are developing. It...
Read articleA bronchogenic cyst is a congenital (born-with) fluid-filled pocket that develops when the early foregut (the tissue that becomes the airway) buds abnormally during weeks 4–7...
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