Sentences with phrase «blood coming into the heart»

Blood coming into the heart from the lungs may back up and cause fluid to leak into the lungs, a condition known as pulmonary congestion.

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Today the question of whether butter is better has been raised along with the thoughts that saturated fats may not be as bad as believed, that sugar may be the culprit when it comes to heart disease and other maladies, and that the cholesterol you eat doesn't necessarily translate into the cholesterol in your blood.

As women in the study aged, Missmer said, the influence of the endometriosis on their heart disease risk went down, probably because other risk factors — such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure — came into play, explaining much of the risk.

With this disease, the heart muscle becomes very thickened, to the point it decreases the amount of blood that can come into the heart, and the heart wall becomes stiff so that it can't pump well.

Blood work will help evaluate for abnormalities that could be contributing to heart disease, as well as evaluate kidney function, which comes into play when we discuss treatments for CHF.

Heart murmurs are caused by turbulent blood flow coming into, going through or exiting the hHeart murmurs are caused by turbulent blood flow coming into, going through or exiting the heartheart.

Ailments such as blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease, cancers, diabetes, depression, excess weight all come into consideration when a life insurance company is looking to underwrite your life insurance.

Credit: AppleWristbands such as the Fitbit Charge 2, the Garmin Forerunner 235 ($ 329.99) and the Apple Watch Series 2 ($ 369) come with optical heart - rate monitors consisting of colored LEDs on the back of the tracker that send light through the skin into the blood vessels.