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Concluding remarks

Tests to evaluate the heart’s activity should be performed regularly, usually once a year in people over 65 or obese, although it is desirable that this practice started at younger ages (even from adolescence) when there is background Family of heart disease, if it has detected a condition that impacts the health of the circulatory system (hypertension, diabetes, high blood fat levels or valve problems), or if the patient felt chest pain after physical activity, like climbing stairs.

Finally, it is to remember that everyone can perform simple tasks that help maintain the health of this important organ, under medical supervision:

- Avoid being overweight. It is known that people who maintain ideal body weight better control cholesterol levels and blood pressure, as well as reducing the risk of diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »

All utility

With the above is easier to understand the tests to evaluate the heart are very different because they are aimed at assessing different mechanisms, as well, some electrical function check while others serve any structural or circulatory failure in order to create a panorama comprehensive use the cardiologist to make a reliable diagnosis.

Thus, the review by a specialist and his collaborators include, generally:

1. Interview. Through a discussion personal data is collected such as age, sex, lifestyle, diet, exercise and stress management. It is very important to discuss if they have already suffered from circulatory problems or a family history of such problems. Read the rest of this entry »

Different reasons

First of all it should be noted that diseases affecting the heart muscle are very different, but it may be classified into three categories:

a) Power. The steady, rhythmic beat of the heart depends on a system that works with small electrical currents, so that when fault is generated irregular rhythms (arrhythmia) that can be annoying, but not life threatening, or become unsafe and cause sudden death. Some of the most common ailments in this group are:

Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. Affect the top of the heart (atria) and are characterized by the generation of abnormal electrical signals that cause irregular heartbeats, and fast (up to 300 per minute). Cause fatigue, heart failure (inadequate blood circulation) and ruptured blood vessels in brain (stroke). Read the rest of this entry »

Nobody doubts that the heart muscle is essential and therefore the sound of her heartbeat is associated with health, however, was not aware that this body can suffer severe illness, so subject to periodic review helps prevent complications.

Heart size is relatively small (like the fist of a person), but this feature is not ineligible to be considered the most important muscle in the body. This is because it has an important function to pump blood and deliver oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, without forgetting that help collect and carry waste products and cell defense hormones when required. Read the rest of this entry »