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  • Thumbnail for Heart
    The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries...
    143 KB (16,876 words) - 07:50, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Circulatory system
    circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or...
    50 KB (5,592 words) - 06:06, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood pressure
    Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood...
    84 KB (8,932 words) - 21:51, 31 August 2024
  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland...
    9 KB (790 words) - 00:48, 22 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hypertension
    known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually...
    125 KB (13,139 words) - 14:40, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood vessel
    which carry the blood away from the heart; the arterioles; the capillaries, where the exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues...
    18 KB (2,106 words) - 07:18, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood
    circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In animals with lungs, arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled air...
    58 KB (6,555 words) - 16:51, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart failure
    in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness...
    143 KB (15,615 words) - 03:18, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hypertensive heart disease
    Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart. While there are several definitions of hypertensive...
    24 KB (2,174 words) - 20:31, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiovascular disease
    involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure...
    137 KB (14,460 words) - 07:12, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coronary circulation
    circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). Coronary arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac...
    16 KB (1,977 words) - 21:49, 28 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Heart sounds
    by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. Specifically, the sounds reflect the turbulence created when the heart valves snap shut...
    22 KB (2,592 words) - 02:41, 12 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coronary artery disease
    called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the...
    105 KB (10,738 words) - 08:16, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atrium (heart)
    two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system. The blood in the atria is pumped into the heart ventricles through the atrioventricular...
    24 KB (2,579 words) - 07:07, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart valve
    valve that allows blood to flow in one direction through the chambers of the heart. Four valves are usually present in a mammalian heart and together they...
    22 KB (2,640 words) - 19:32, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiac cycle
    refills with blood, called diastole, following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called systole. After emptying, the heart relaxes and...
    20 KB (1,882 words) - 06:22, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart murmur
    Heart murmurs are unique heart sounds produced when blood flows across a heart valve or blood vessel. This occurs when turbulent blood flow creates a sound...
    24 KB (2,934 words) - 12:43, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artificial heart valve
    mitral and aortic valves) which open and close as blood passes through the heart. Blood enters the heart in the right atrium and passes through the tricuspid...
    35 KB (3,973 words) - 06:59, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventricle (heart)
    toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The blood pumped by a ventricle is...
    20 KB (2,368 words) - 12:32, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiomegaly
    Cardiomegaly (redirect from Enlarged heart)
    result of underlying conditions that make the heart work harder, such as obesity, heart valve disease, high blood pressure (hypertension), and coronary artery...
    26 KB (2,721 words) - 00:14, 27 February 2024
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