Here is a list of twelve major heart diseases found in humans. 1. Congenital Heart Disease: Congenital heart disease is due to defective development of heart of the foetus in utero, resulting in structural or positional abnormality present at birth. Those with major defects may die soon after birth but others survive with some functional deficit. Most important developments take [...]
Is there any form of treatment, diet or exercise which will prevent recurrence, cause regression of atheroma, encourage development of collaterals or reopen clogged arteries? These aspects remain controversial and will therefore be discussed in some detail. 1. Diet: Restriction of caloric intake to treat or prevent obesity is essential. Diet should be constructed out of what the patient eats [...]
Infective endocarditis remains, still one of the few dangerous conditions with a mortality rate of about 30 per cent in spite of the advent of so many antibiotics. The major cause for this high mortality is delay in diagnosis, because the clinical features in the early stage of the disease are unimpressive and more importantly inappropriate antibiotic therapy. The latter [...]