Month: July 2014
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Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
/> Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a defect in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart.The ventricular septum consists of an inferior…
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Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)
/> Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Ischemic heart disease (IHD), is the most common type of heart disease and cause of heart attacks.The disease is caused by plaque building up along the inner walls of…
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TAPVC Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
/> TAPVC Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of an abnormality of blood flow in which all 4 pulmonary veins drain into systemic veins or the right atrium with…
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TAPVD Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
/> TAPVD Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage The Pulmonary Veins, which carry blood back to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs, are not connected to the left atrium.Instead they are connected…
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Transposition of Great Vessels
/> Transposition of Great Vessels Transposition of great vessels (TGV) is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels: superior and/or inferior venae cavae, pulmonary…
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Pituitary gland and its Hormones in Detail
/> Pituitary Gland and its Hormones in Detail While we are going to discuss about pituitary gland and its hormones we have to start with The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland…
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Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease
/> Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease Highly Suggestive Symptoms of Heart Disease Major Signs and Symptoms of Heart Diseases are Chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitation, syncope,Pheripheral edema. Less Suggestive Symptoms of Heart Disease …
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus
/> Patent Ductus Arteriosus Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital disorder in the heart wherein a neonate’s ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year…
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Tetrology of Fallot (TOF)
/> Tetrology of Fallot (TOF) Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect which is classically understood to involve four anatomical abnormalities of the heart (although only three of them are always present).…