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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: 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 3

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 4

what is the definition of an "acute heart attack?"

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Coronary artery: Traditionally an acute heart attack implies a sudden and unexpected decrease in coronary artery blood flow, often from artery blockage or spasm, resulting in symptoms or death. However, often other conditions causing sudden or aborted sudden death, such as abnormal heart rhythms, with normal arteries, are referred to in the press as a heart attack as well . Can be confusing.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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.

Question 8

what is the definition or description of: heart failure?

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Abnormal Pumping: Heart failure is a complex set of conditions in which the heart "fails" to pump a normal amount of blood with each beat. This can be due to poor squeezing function (systolic heart failure) and/or a stiff heart incapable of filling normally (diastolic heart failure). Common symptoms include swelling and trouble breathing, particularly when laying flat or exercising.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: enlarged heart?

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Enlarged: The heart is larger than normal, typically greater that 5.7 cm internally during filling phase.  A thickened heart muscle (hypertrophy) of greater Than 1.1 cm may give the appearance of an enlarged heart on an x-ray

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: skipped heart beat?

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Missed beat: We all probably have minor heart irregularities every day and don't even know it.  There may be premature or delayed beats in the course of 100, 000 beats in a day that are of no consequence.  The problem may come in if these occur frequently or cause symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, or shortness of breath. Pvcs are benign -- other skipped beats need to be defined using an ekg.

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