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Understanding Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a serious condition that affects the heart valves. It is a complication of rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease...
Sick Sinus Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
Sick sinus syndrome, also known as sinus node dysfunction, is a group of heart rhythm disorders in which the heart's natural pacemaker, the sinus...
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD): A Hidden Threat to Heart Health
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare, often underdiagnosed condition in which a tear occurs within the walls of a coronary...
Understanding Sarcoidosis: Causes, Symptoms, and Management
Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by the formation of small clumps of immune cells called granulomas. These granulomas...
Understanding Stroke: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
A stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a medical emergency characterized by the sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness. It...
Supraventricular Tachycardia: Symptoms, Causes, and Management
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a group of heart rhythm disorders characterized by an abnormally fast heart rate that originates above the...
Truncus Arteriosus: A Comprehensive Guide
Truncus arteriosus is a rare congenital (present at birth) heart defect. In a normal heart, there are two separate arteries emerging from the heart:...
Understanding Tachycardia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Tachycardia is a medical term used to describe a condition where the heart beats faster than normal. In general, a resting heart rate of over 100...
Tamponade: Causes, Symptoms, and Management
Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency that occurs when fluid accumulates in the pericardium, the thin sac surrounding the heart. This...
Tetralogy of Fallot: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect that refers to a combination of four related heart abnormalities that occur together. It is a...
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
A thoracic aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulging or widening of a portion of the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body, as it passes through...