Heart Health

Heart health can be affected when people suffer from coronary heart disease, including heart attack and angina; heart failure, due to high blood pressure or a damaged heart valve; and in some cases, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

The National Heart Foundation of Australia website has a range of information on heart health.

Updated July 2011

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Title:	Aortic stenosis
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Aortic stenosis is the abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve. Symptoms include breathlessness, fainting, coughing at night and pains in the chest (from angina). Treatment includes medications and surgery.
Date:	Aug 2011

Title:	ECG test
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a medical test that detects cardiac (heart) abnormalities by measuring the electrical activity generated by the heart as it contracts. The ECG can help diagnose a range of conditions including heart arrhythmias, heart enlargement, heart inflammation (pericarditis or myocarditis) and coronary heart disease.
Date:	Jun 2011

Title:	Rheumatic heart disease
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) may develop after illness with rheumatic fever, usually during childhood. Rheumatic heart disease causes damage to various structures of the heart including the valves, lining or muscle. Rheumatic fever is caused by infection with the Group A streptococcus bacterium.
Date:	May 2011

Title:	Prognostic issues
Publisher:	CareSearch
Description:	Recognising the significance and irreversibility of multi-organ failure occurring in the terminal phase of heart failure is important because inappropriate investigation and management of this problem can contribute significantly to patients' and families' distress around the time of death. Predictors of survival of six months or less include increased dependency in activities of daily living, number and severity of comorbidities, worse nutritional status and weight loss and abnormal vital signs
Date:	May 2011

Title:	Heart murmur
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	A heart murmur is caused by faulty blood flow within the heart. The familiar 'lub-dub' sound of the heartbeat is caused by the rhythmic closing of the heart valves. A heart murmur is an additional humming or whooshing sound, occurring between the heartbeat sounds. Many children have 'innocent' heart murmurs that do not require treatment. However a harmful heart murmur may be caused by congenital heart disorders, mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, damage to the cardiac muscle, anaemia, hyperthyroidism or stress.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Heart conditions - angina
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Angina is chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle of the heart. Angina may be a warning sign of an impending heart attack. Arteries which service the heart have become narrowed by fatty plaques, which reduces blood flow.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Heart explained
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	The functions of the heart are to pump oxygenated blood around the body, and to deliver deoxygenated blood and waste products (carbon dioxide) to the lungs. Disorders of the heart include coronary heart disease, angina, heart attack and heart murmurs. Pericarditis is an inflammation or infection of the pericardium, which is the membrane surrounding the heart.
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Your heart
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	Your heart is about the same size as a pear. It sits behind your sternum (which is the bone between the two sides of your ribs) .
Date:	Apr 2011

Title:	Heart block (atrioventricular conduction abnormalities)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Atrioventricular conduction abnormalities (heart block), is a disorder of the electrical conduction system of the heart.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	Atrial myxoma
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Atrial myxomas are heart tumours that are usually found in the left atrium. They are very rare, occurring in less than 0.14% people. However, atrial myxoma is the most common of all primary cardiac tumours. The tumour grows slowly and eventually may cause pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure.
Date:	Mar 2011

Title:	Aortic stenosis (AS)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Aortic stenosis (AS) is the constriction of the aortic valve of the heart - the valve that regulates the blood being pumped out by the heart and stops it from flowing back into the left ventricle of heart. Aortic stenosis leads to heart failure.
Date:	Feb 2011

Title:	Angina pectoris and unstable angina
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Angina pectoris and unstable angina is a condition of the coronary arteries - the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. When the heart is not receiving sufficient blood supply because of the narrowing of the coronary arteries - this causes pain referred to as
Date:	Feb 2011

Title:	Cardiomyopathy
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Cardiomyopathy is a disease affecting the heart muscle. Provides information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Date:	Nov 2010

Title:	Symptoms and patients' experiences
Publisher:	CareSearch
Description:	Patients with advanced heart failure experience severe physical and psychosocial symptoms. Psychosocial issues include the experience of social isolation, fear, loss of control, life disruption, uncertainty about prognosis, and difficulty in accessing and dealing with information about their condition and in navigating the health system.
Date:	Oct 2010

Title:	Heart conditions - endocarditis
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves or the inner membrane of the heart (endocardium). Other names for this condition are 'infective endocarditis' or 'bacterial endocarditis'. Symptoms can include fever and chills, lethargy, loss of appetite, generalised aching throughout the body, abnormal heart rhythms such as a murmur or tachycardia (rapid heart rate), increased breathing and a persistent cough. Without medical treatment, the infection may severely harm or even destroy the heart valves.
Date:	Aug 2010

Title:	Cardiac tamponade
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Cardiac tamponade is the compression of the heart caused by blood or fluid accumulating in the space between the myocardium (heart muscle) and the pericardium (the outer covering sac of the heart). Provides information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Date:	Aug 2010

Title:	Cardiac PET scan (positron emission tomography)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Cardiac PET scans work to identify the cellular changes that occur in the body during disease.
Date:	Feb 2010

Title:	Angina overview - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Angina, a common symptom of heart disease, can feel like a weight on the chest. Find out how to treat and manage angina attacks with rest or medicines.
Date:	Dec 2009

Title:	Coronary heart disease (CHD)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Coronary heart disease (CHD), also known as coronary artery disease (CAD), is a disorder of the coronary arteries. Provides information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Date:	Dec 2009

Title:	Nuclear medicine (NM) gated blood pool scan
Publisher:	The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
Description:	Detailed information for consumers and carers about nuclear medicine (NM) gated blood pool scan - including what it is, how to prepare, how it is done, risks and benefits and after effects
Date:	Jul 2009

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