Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
All topics Heart Disease
Heart Disease
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- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Acute aortic syndrome
- Adams-Stokes syndrome
- Alstrom syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- Anaphylaxis
- Aneurysm
- Aneurysm of sinus of valsalva
- Angina
- Angina pectoris
- Anoxic brain injury
- Antithrombin III deficiency
- Aortic arch anomalies
- Aortic coarctation
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic insufficiency
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic valve replacement
- Aortic valve surgery
- Aortic valve surgery - minimally invasive
- Aortic valve surgery - open
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial fibrillation ablation discharge instructions
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial myxoma
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Atrioventricular septal defect
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C
- Caduet
- Cardiac amyloidosis
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Cardiac catheterization discharge instructions
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardiac tumors
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiomegaly
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
- Cerebral aneurysm
- Chagas disease
- Chest pain
- Cheyne-Stokes respiration
- Chronic stable angina
- Claudication
- Commotio cordis
- Congenital heart block
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Contrast induced nephropathy
- Coronary angioplasty discharge instructions
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Coronary heart disease
- Coronary risk profile
- Coronary stent discharge instructions
- Coronary vasospasm
- Cor pulmonale
- Cor triatriatum
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E
F
G
H
- Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS)
- Heart attack
- Heart block
- Heart murmur
- Heart transplantation
- Hemangioma
- Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
- Hemothorax
- Hunter syndrome
- Hurler syndrome
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypertension
- Hypertensive nephropathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Hypotension
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P
- Pacemaker insertion discharge instructions
- Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
- Paget-Schroetter disease
- Palpitation
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Patent foramen ovale
- Pedal edema
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral angioplasty discharge instructions
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Persistent left superior vena cava
- Persistent truncus arteriosus
- Pleural effusion
- Post-thrombotic syndrome
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
- Pre-eclampsia
- Primary amyloidosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- Pulmonary atresia
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Pulmonic regurgitation
- Pulseless electrical activity
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S
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- Tachypnea
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Tetralogy of fallot
- Tetralogy of fallot
- Third degree AV block
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Thrombosis
- Torsades de pointes
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Transient ischemic attack
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Traumatic aortic rupture
- Tricuspid atresia
- Tricuspid prolapse
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Tricuspid stenosis
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