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Ventricular Premature Beat (Premature Ventricular Contraction)

A ventricular premature beat, which is also called premature ventricular contraction, is an abnormal but usually harmless extra beat caused by a rogue electrical impulse starting in the ventricles...

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What Are The Prenatal Tests ?

Prenatal tests are used to determine whether the fetus has a congenital defect are becoming increasingly common, particularly for women older than 35 years. Here are some of the prenatal tests now in...

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Ventricular Tachycardia Symptoms And Treatment

Ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rhythm, of over 120 beats a minute, originating in the ventricles. Palpitations or awareness of heart beats is the major symptom. Diagnosis is based...

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What Is Ventricular Fibrillation

Ventricular fibrillation is a life-threatening condition, when extremely fast irregular heart rhythms caused by disturbances in the electrical system of the heart, incapacitates the ventricles from...

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Heart Block

Heart block is either a blockage or delay in the electrical conduction system of the heart, as the electrical impulses originating in the sinoatrial node, travels down the atrioventricular node to the...

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Bundle Branch Block

Bundle branch block is a complete or incomplete disruption in the electrical conduction system of the heart, involving the right and left bundle branches of the bundle of His which conduct the impulses...

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Sinus Node Dysfunction

Sinus node dysfunction or heart pacemaker dysfunction is the malfunctioning of the primary pacemaker of the heart, namely, the sinus node, resulting in abnormal arrhythmias, especially slow heart rate...

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Infective Endocarditis (Acute and Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis)

Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium or the inner lining of the heart, often involving the heart valves. Infective endocarditis is the bacterial infection of the heart valves...

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What is a Pericardial Disease

Pericardial disease affects the double layered, fluid filled envelope of the heart called pericardium. The function of the pericardium is to protect the heart from injuries and to isolate it from other...

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Acute Pericarditis

Acute pericarditis is a generally painful inflammation of the pericardium that develops suddenly due to injury or disease and causes components of blood to spill into the pericardial cavity. • Acute...

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