Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The condition is congenital (it is present at birth). The hypoplastic left heart is a rare type of congenital heart disease and is more common in men than in women. Summary …
Cardiology Study Notes
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Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a heart condition in which there is a path (circuit) additional power in the heart . The condition can lead to episodes of a rapid heart rate ( tachycardia ). This syndrome is one of …
Williams syndrome
Williams syndrome. Williams syndrome or Williams-Beuren syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, caused by a loss of genetic material on chromosome 7, which was first described in 1961 by New Zealand cardiologist John Williams and …
Superior vena cava syndrome
Superior vena cava syndrome . Superior vena cava syndrome is generally a sign of locally advanced bronchogenic carcinoma . Survival depends on the disease state of the patient. When small cell bronchogenic carcinoma is treated with chemotherapy, …
Inferior vena cava syndrome
Inferior vena cava syndrome . About half of the cases are caused by thrombotic progression from the iliac vein area, the other half due to proliferative processes in the vicinity of that …
Dressler’s syndrome
Dressler’s syndrome or post-myocardial infarction pericarditis . It is a swelling and inflammation of the covering of the heart ( pericardium ) and it is a condition that can appear in the days or weeks after a heart …
Korean syndrome in children
Korea Syndrome Sydenham’s chorea —also known as “minor chorea”, “St. Vitus’s disease” or “St. Vitus’s dance”, chorea sancti viti, “acute chorea” or “rheumatic chorea” is an infectious disease of the nervous system central , due …