Heart Disease
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![What Are The Causes Of Congestive Heart Failure](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/5/0/7/what_are_the_causes_of_congestive_heart_failure_12705_300_150.jpg)
Congestive heart failure is a life threatening condition in which your heart muscles fail to pump blood to different parts of your body. CHF develops when fluid builds up in and around your heart and the ventricles cannot pump sufficient blood to rest of your body. Eventually, fluid and blood back up...
![Why Do I Feel Pin Prick in My Heart](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/1/5/8/why_do_i_feel_pin_prick_in_my_heart_9851_300_150.jpg)
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Pin prick heart pain, pricking pain in the chest, or the feeling of pins and needles down the thorax. These are some of the descriptions offered up by people who have suffered or who suffer sometimes from this painful sensation in the chest area. The causes can be many, so we should not be alarmed, and use...
![What Causes Tachycardia](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/6/0/4/what_causes_tachycardia_9406_300_150.jpg)
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Tachycardia is an increased heart rate that starts in the heart. A disorder in the heart rate is known as arrhythmia and may be caused due to a decreased or increased heart rate, of which the latter is tachycardia. The heart pumps blood faster and increases oxygen consumption, which can lead to symptoms...
![What Is The Difference Between Acute Myocardial Infarction And Angina Pectoris](https://t1.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/0/7/2/what_is_the_difference_between_acute_myocardial_infarction_and_angina_pectoris_7270_300_150.jpg)
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Acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris are two diseases of the heart which are caused by a disturbance in the heart's arteries. This causes a lack of oxygen and low blood flow to the heart, leading to different consequences depending on the disease.
Although both are coronary diseases and they...
![How To Avoid Having a Heart Attack](https://t2.uc.ltmcdn.com/en/posts/8/9/6/how_to_avoid_having_a_heart_attack_6698_300_150.jpg)
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A heart attack (coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction or angina pectoris) occurs when a coronary artery is narrowed or blocked preventing blood circulation.In this article we will give you some advice about how to avoid and prevent heart attacks.
If, despite the advice we give you, you experience...