Category: Heart

Heart failure: causes, symptoms and treatment Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the body’s organs and tissues. When it occurs, heart failure leads to pulmonary stasis with accumulation of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary oedema) and dyspnoea. Certain cardiovascular…

Bradycardia or slow heart rate Bradycardia is a drop in heart rate below 60 beats per minute, which causes tissue hypoxia through poor blood circulation. Male individuals, athletes and performance athletes physiologically have a lower heart rate compared to the normal range, this feature is not accompanied by specific clinical manifestations. Bradycardia occurs as a…