Sentences with phrase «blood flow to the heart muscle»

Unlike heart attacks (myocardial infarction), which are typically caused by clogged coronary arteries reducing blood flow to the heart muscle, sudden cardiac arrest is the result of defective electrical impulses.

Compared to men, women can have less severe blockages that do not require any stents; yet the heart's coronary artery blood vessels are damaged which results in decreased blood flow to the heart muscle.

Further evidence exists to explain how the coenzyme improves blood flow to the heart muscle and enhances vascular elasticity to prevent arterial stiffening, commonly referred to as «hardening of the arteries».

A doctor himself, he pointed to a study done in Zurich that suggested that drinking the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and that this caffeine effect was stronger at high altitudes.

Of course, cardiologists do this all the time. During percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), doctors place a stent, basically a metal tube, inside a blood vessel to relieve an obstruction and restore blood flow to the heart muscle.

Several other systemic conditions can contribute to the development of a dilated, poorly contracting heart muscle including amino acid deficiencies (taurine, carnitine), a low thyroid level, inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), prolonged rapid heart rates, and poor blood flow to the heart muscle (ischemia).

This causes altered blood flow to the heart muscle and other vital abdominal organs, which results in death of tissues.

Early treatment is aimed at helping the overly stiff ventricular wall muscles relax properly between heart beats and / or to slowing the heart beat to allow for better filling between contractions and for better blood flow to the heart muscle itself.

Enalapril is an angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitor and it basically allows the heart to pump more effectively and it also increases blood flow to the heart muscle.

The study used state - of - the - art imaging scans with positron emission tomography, which measures blood flow to the heart muscle and identifies areas of reduced blood flow, at rest and following stress.

Unlike heart attacks (myocardial infarctions), which are typically caused by clogged coronary arteries reducing blood flow to the heart muscle, sudden cardiac arrest is the result of defective electrical activity of the heart.

The echocardiogram is interpreted in conjunction with several other tests to rule out systemic conditions that can cause similar echocardiographic findings such as a low thyroid level, amino acid deficiency (taurine, carnitine), inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), or decreased blood flow to the heart muscle (ischemic heart disease).

Stents are small, expandable metal mesh tubes that are inserted in blocked heart arteries during a heart catheterization procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle.

(Inside Science)-- If a doctor is concerned about a patient's heart health, he or she might order a test to check the blood flow to the heart muscles.