Question 1

what is the definition or description of: heart block?

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Symptomatic slow HR: Blocked cardiac impulses from top of heart to bottom of heart 
there are physiologic as well as pathological blocks 
pathological block need pacemaker to correct it.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: heart diseases?

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: Anything not normal about your heart or blood vessels.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: heart problems?

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: Well when a physician asks you if you have heart problems they are wondering if you have had problems with the rhythm of the heart, problems with the electrial pattern of the heart, the heart valves, heart murmurs, heart attack, clogging of the arteries of the heart, if you have hypertension. Basically if you ever have had any health problems that is connected with the heart.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: broken heart syndrome?

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Takosubo syndrome: Is a stress mediated process that mimics a heart attack & is treated with beta blockers.

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: blood around the heart?

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: When there is blood around the heart it is called cardiac tamponade or often called also pericardial tamponade. This happens when there is blood between the lining around the heart (the pericardium) and the heart itself.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: abnormal heart rhythms?

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: Sinus rhythm is the only normal rhythm. Everything else is abnormal but not necessary a problem.  Sinus rhythm means that it originates form the sinus node in the heart. It is a regular rhythm that varies in rate based on what you are doing.

Question 7

what is the definition or description of: rapid beating of upper heart chambers?

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Rapid Heart Beat: A Heart beat (pulse) over 100 beats per minute. The medical term is tachycardia.  There are several reasons for a tachycardia.  The most common is a sinus tachycardia which is usually a normal response to physical, emotional or metabolic exertion or illness.  Other reasons are for rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, and others.

Question 8

what is the definition or description of: heart click?

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Heart Click: Heart Click is a sound heard during auscultation of the heart. It would typically be the result of an abnormal condition of a heart valve such as in mitral valve prolapse,  with mitral valve stenosis, or with pulmonic valve stenosis.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: heart attack?

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Heart Attack: A heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction, is a condition of a sudden blockage of blood flow down a coronary artery, resulting in a part of heart muscle not receiving blood flow. This heart muscle that is affected becomes damaged/infarcted.  Ideally, flow is restored as quickly as possible to reduce damage.

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: heart murmur?

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Heart Murmur: A heart murmur is a sound heard by a stethoscope made by the vibration of blood flow. It can be a normal finding in young healthy people, or can represent abnormal leakage (regurgitation) of a valve, valve narrowing (stenosis), or a congenital condition such as an atrial septal defect, a ventricular septal defect, or patent ductus arteriosus.

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