Acute aortic dissection
Acute aortic dissection . The incidence of acute aortic syndrome is approximately 30 cases per million inhabitants per year, of which 80% are dissections of the aorta. Mortality from this cause exceeds 60% …
Cardiology Study Notes
All Cardiology Study Notes For Medical Students And Colleges
Ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular hypertrophy . It is an adaptive response to pressure overload. In principle, its purpose is to maintain the wall tension, which, by virtue of Laplace’s Law , is equal to the product of the …
Cor pulmonale
Cor Pulmonable . The left side of the heart produces higher blood pressure in order to pump blood to the body; while the right side pumps blood through the lungs under much lower …
Aortic coarctation
Aortic coarctation or coarctation of the aorta . It is a congenital (from birth) disease that has to do with the narrowing of a small segment of the arterial duct of the …
Heart disease
Heart disease : The heart is the motor that moves blood within the body. It is a tremendously vital and necessary organ for the health of the organism so that the diseases that …
Infectious endocarditis
Infectious endocarditis. It is a serious disease, with a varied clinical presentation, which is often confused with other heart conditions and other apparatus and systems; hence its great medical importance, because if …
Ischemic stroke
The concept of ischemic stroke , cerebral infarction ), refers to diseases that affect the nervous system suddenly and violently. Cerebral infarction is defined as a neurological deficiency that lasts more than 24 hours and …