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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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Chronic Pulmonary Disease Lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to pulmonary hypertension, which in turn can cause the right side of the heart to enlarge, a condition known as cor pulmonale. Beta-blockers , which slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure.

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Multicenter study shows which treatment helps most with high-risk acute pulmonary embolism

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High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young people. Acute obstruction of the pulmonary circulation by a blood clot can lead to circulatory failure with a high mortality rate.

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Boston Scientific Initiates AVANT GUARD Clinical Trial to Evaluate FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System as First-Line Treatment for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

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Early treatment of persistent AF can reduce the risk of blood clots, stroke, and heart failure, and may prevent the disease from becoming permanent. Circulation. Unlike paroxysmal AF, which describes symptoms that last for seven days or fewer, persistent AF is a sustained arrhythmia that lasts for more than a week 1.

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Ways to prevent clots in legs and lungs

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Pulmonary embolism is obstruction of blood vessels of the lungs by clots carried by blood circulation, usually from the legs. Clots can also migrate from blood vessels of the tummy, but that is not easy to prevent. You can move your ankles and knees as many times are humanly possible.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

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Effective medical therapies for patients with PAD, including medications to prevent blood clotting, manage blood sugar and reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol, should be prescribed to prevent major adverse cardiovascular events and reduce the risk of amputation.

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The First 60 Minutes of a Heart Attack: The Golden Hour

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Three coronary arteries supply blood to the heart. When one of these arteries becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, it results in a heart attack, also known as MI (Myocardial infarction). This indicates that restoring normal blood circulation as quickly as possible will result in less damage.