| heart rate |
Number of beats of the heart per minute.
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| heartburn |
a burning pain usually felt in the chest and due to reflux of stomach acid and bile into the gullet. Common in the whole population.
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| heart attack |
The death of heart muscle due to the loss of blood supply. The loss of blood supply is usually caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery, one of the arteries that supplies blood to the heart muscle.
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| heart |
The hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
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| heart attack |
Heart cell death due to prolonged lack of oxygen; also called Myocardial infarction or MI.
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