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What do you call fluid collection around the heart?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

If the amount of fluid is large or there is a rapid increase in the rate of fluid collection, the compression of the heart prevents its proper filling. An unfilled heart is not able to pump out blood well and the blood pressure falls. This occurs most commonly in cancer (malignant pericardial effusion).

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Pericarditis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

If the inflammation spreads to the surface of the heart itself, it is termed myopericarditis. About 5% of patients who present to A+E with chest pain which is not deemed to be a heart attack or angina are ultimately diagnosed with pericarditis. Also recent cardiac surgery and a recent heart attack can present with pericarditis.

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Revolutionary Results: How Modern Weight Loss Medications are Changing the Game

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Share In addition to reductions in weight, multiple risk parameters, including blood pressure, waist circumference and lipids, also improve. The primary reason for managing risk factors is to reduce events, including heart attacks. This is no different to how we manage high LDL cholesterol or high blood pressure.

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Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Higher Risk of Death Following Heart Issues; Threshold for Treating Risk Factors Should be Lower

DAIC

The findings – published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology — could fuel advocacy for a paradigm shift in clinical heart health guidelines to address cardiovascular risk factors at an earlier age in childhood cancer survivors. “We

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10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Heart Health

Dr. Paddy Barrett

During each consultation with a patient, I would have to explain certain topics related to heart health, and I found myself repeating them over and over. What should my blood pressure be? What is heart disease? Heart Disease Starts Early In Life. Most people think of heart disease as a problem for older people.

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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

But What About Stress & Heart Disease? When stress is included in the risk factor profile for a future heart attack, it comes in third on the list after abnormal cholesterol and smoking 1. Watching the World Cup is associated with a two-fold increased risk of dying from heart disease. The link is real.

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Women and Heart Health: Unique Considerations and Risks

MIBHS

Heart disease is often perceived as a predominantly male issue, but the reality tells a different story. It’s the leading cause of death for women, claiming more lives each year than all forms of cancer combined. A key difference lies in how women and men experience heart attacks.