Heart transplant A heart transplant is an operation to replace a damaged or failing heart with a healthy human heart from a donor who has recently died.
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What Is Heart Valve Disease? Heart valve disease occurs if one or more of your heart valves don't work well. The heart has four valves: the tricuspid (tri-CUSS-pid), pulmonary (PULL-mun-ary), mitral (MI-trul), and aortic (ay-OR-tik) valves.
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What Is Echocardiography? Echocardiography (EK-o-kar-de-OG-rah-fee), or echo, is a painless test that uses sound waves to create moving pictures of your heart. The pictures show the size and shape of your heart. They also show how well your heart's chambers and valves are working.
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What Is Cardiac MRI? Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe, noninvasive test that creates detailed pictures of your organs and tissues. "Noninvasive" means that no surgery is done and no instruments are inserted into your body.
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What Is Cardiac CT? Cardiac computed tomography (to-MOG-rah-fee), or cardiac CT, is a painless test that uses an x-ray machine to take clear, detailed pictures of the heart. Doctors use this test to look for heart problems.
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What Is a Nuclear Heart Scan? A nuclear heart scan is a test that provides important information about the health of your heart.
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What Are Congenital Heart Defects? Congenital (kon-JEN-ih-tal) heart defects are problems with the heart's structure that are present at birth.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Questions and Answers about Marfan Syndrome Marfan syndrome is a heritable condition that affects the connective tissue. The primary purpose of connective tissue is to hold the body together and provide a framework for growth and development.
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Do You Know Some of the Health Risks of Being Overweight? Discusses the links between excess weight and many health conditions and explains how reaching and maintaining a normal weight may help with staying healthy later in life.
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Mitral Valve Prolapse Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when one of your heart's valves doesn't work properly. The flaps of the valve are "floppy" and don't close tightly. Most people ...
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Mesothelioma The tissue that lines your lungs, stomach, heart, and other organs is called mesothelium. Mesothelioma is a tumor of that tissue. It usually starts in the ...
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Heart Transplantation A heart transplant removes a damaged or diseased heart and replaces it with a healthy one. The healthy heart comes from a donor who has died. It is the ...
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