Search Results for: heart condition

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  Pediatric Heart Conditions: What You Should Know

  June 18, 2021

  Different heart diseases and conditions can affect babies and children. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common form of birth defect.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Pediatrics

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Pediatrics

  

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  Treating Emergency Heart Conditions: A Team Effort

  December 7, 2020

  At UPMC Passavant, a team of world-class interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, and technologists are available around the clock to treat emergency heart conditions, such as heart attacks.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  

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  Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Understanding a Rare, Pregnancy-Related Heart Condition

  April 12, 2022

  Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening form of heart failure that affects pregnant women or women who have just given birth.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  

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  Heart Condition Symptoms: Now What?

  January 10, 2016

  Learn about the symptoms of heart-related conditions, the different cardiac imaging tests, and how they are used for detecting potential heart problems.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: blood pressure, blood test, cholesterol, echocardiogram, EKG, electrocardiogram, heart, heart problem, heart symptoms, heart tests, holter monitor test, nuclear stress test, stress test

  

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  3 Heart and Vascular Conditions You Don’t Want for Christmas This Year

  December 22, 2015

  Would you believe there are actual medical conditions called Christmas Disease, Nutcracker Syndrome, and Grinch Syndrome? Discover the symptoms of each!Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health, Living and Wellness

  Tagged with: Christmas, christmas disease, grinch syndrome, heart conditions, hemophilia b, infographic, nutcracker syndrome, postular orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, pots, rare diseases, vascular compression, winter

  

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  Infographic: 6 Deadly Heart Disorders and Conditions

  April 1, 2015

  Learn how to spot the symptoms of six deadly heart diseases, including atrial fibrillation, mitral valve disease, and cardiomyopathy.Learn More

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: AFib, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, chest pain, fatigue, heart, heart attack, heart disease, heart disease symptoms, heart failure, HVI, infographic, medical mondays, mitral valve

  

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  Treating Jackie’s Heart Disease: A Magee-Womens Heart Program Story

  September 1, 2022

  Retired UPMC nurse Jackie Stogoski visited the Magee-Womens Heart Program at UPMC Passavant due to chest pain. Now, she walks 13,000 steps a day.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  

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  Comprehensive Aneurysm Care at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

  August 22, 2022

  Aortoiliac aneurysms involve the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries — the large arteries responsible for transporting oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the lower part of the body and the legs.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  

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  The Impact of COVID-19 on Your Child’s Heart Health

  July 20, 2022

  How can COVID-19 impact your child's heart health? Tyler H. Harris, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at the Heart Institute, is here to explain.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Pediatrics

  Categorized as: COVID-19, Living and Wellness, Pediatrics