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Indicators of Heart Disease in a Child

What is paediatric cardiology? Paediatric cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the individual having heart disease since birth (irrespective of the present age of the individual).

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What is Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)?

Sudden cardiac death ( SCD) is the unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and conscious due to several cardiac causes that occur within 1 hour before the onset of symptoms. It results from an electrical disturbance in the heart that interferes with the pumping action and stopping blood to flow to the rest of the body. It can result in DEATH if not treated within minutes. Is this similar to a heart attack? Sudden cardiac arrest is different from a heart attack . A heart attack happens when blood

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New-Age Medical Solutions to Tackle Slow Heart Rate

A permanent cardiac pacing for symptomatic bradycardia has been achieved with systems that consist of a surgically implanted subcutaneous electrical generator connected to one or more transvenous leads that deliver the pacing therapy to the heart. Despite the clinical introduction of these pacemakers, pacemaker-related adverse events occur in 1 in 10 patients.  These events are typically related to the transvenous lead, surgical pocket, or pulse generator. Percutaneous solution for heart blocks and se

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Alarming Pollution Level Causing Threat to Lives

Air pollution is a heterogeneous, complex mixture of gases, liquids and particulate matter (PM) that come from man-made and natural sources. The greenhouse gases — such as carbon dioxide, methane, etc. — produced from burning fossil fuel causes global warming, thus affecting us indirectly. There are, however, several environmental air pollutants that include carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, ozone, lead and PM that affect our health directly. They have a detrimental, short-term and long-t

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