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Results 1 - 10 of 14 for Heart Block
  1. Blood Clots and Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... flow to your baby and harm your baby. Heart attack. This usually happens when a blood clot blocks blood and oxygen flow to the heart. Without ... to vital organs, like the brain, lungs or heart. This condition includes DVT and PE. VTEs that block blood vessels in the brain or heart can ...
  2. ... a diseased section of wall that separates the heart chambers that pump blood out partly blocks the flow through one of them. The condition is called hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. To treat it, a catheter is inserted into the heart. It's used to apply concentrated alcohol that shrinks ...
  3. Smoking during Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... causes cancer of the blood (also called leukemia). Heart disease and lung disease Diabetes Stroke. This is when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel that brings blood to the ...
  4. Preventing Blood Clots After Orthopaedic Surgery Video (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)  
    ... veins. If it reaches the lungs, it can block the flow of blood to the lungs and heart. A pulmonary embolism is a dangerous condition that ...
  5. ... position. Maternal illness due to hypertension, anemia, or heart disease. Like many surgical procedures, cesarean sections require anesthesia. Usually, the mother is given an epidural or a spinal block. Both of these will numb the lower body, ...
  6. Transient Ischemic Attack Video (American Heart Association)  
    Transient Ischemic Attack TIA , or transient ischemic attack, is a "warning stroke" that occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery for a short time. The only difference ...
  7. Angioplasty and Vascular Stenting Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... commonly used to treat conditions that narrow or block blood vessels and interrupt blood flow. These conditions include: coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. narrowing of the large arteries due to ...
  8. Cholesterol Good and Bad Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... stick to artery walls, forming plaque. This can block blood flow. Atherosclerosis is ... arteries that feed the heart are blocked, this could lead to a heart ...
  9. Uterine Fibroid Treatment Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... supply blood to the fibroids. The small particles block blood flow to the fibroids and cause them ... through the catheter and into the arteries to block the fibroid’s blood supply. As the fibroids die ...
  10. High Blood Pressure during Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... stops. Stroke can happen if a blood clot blocks a vessel that brings blood to the brain ...
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