| heart failure |
A condition where there is ineffective pumping of the heart leading to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Typical symptoms include shortness of breath with exertion, difficulty breathing when lying flat and leg or ankle swelling. Causes include chronic hypertension, cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. [CancerWEB]
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| heartburn |
burning sensation in the esophagus due to reflux of hydrochloric acid from the stomach; acid reflux
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| heart attack |
Caused by an interrupted flow of blood to the muscle of the heart. It results in the death of an area of heart muscle. A patient experiencing a heart attack feels a sudden, severe chest pain that may spread to the arms and throat.
Ãâó: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/C...
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| heartburn |
A substernal burning feeling usually due to reflux from the stomach into the oesophagus
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dicteh.htm
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| heart attack |
An episode of heart failure or the stopping of normal heart function; a coronary thrombosis. Symptoms of a heart attack include pain and pressure in the chest, which often spread to the shoulder, arm, and neck. Today, physicians tend to define heart attack in terms of muscle damage to the heart caused by oxygen deprivation.
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