Skip navigation

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Results 1 - 10 of 48 for Lead
  1. Why Atrial Fibrillation Matters Video (American Heart Association)  
    ... high blood pressure and stroke . How does AFib lead to stroke? The heartbeat seems to quiver (or ... call it a cardioembolic stroke. How does AFib lead to heart failure? Heart failure means that the ...
  2. Blood Clots Video (American Society of Hematology)  
    ... five common myths about DVT. How DVT Can Lead to Pulmonary Embolism Arteries, on the other hand, ...
  3. Learn about Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Video (American Lung Association)  
    ... lifetime. Each year in the United States, RSV leads to: 80K 58,000-80,000 hospitalizations in ...
  4. Blood Clots and Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... Being still for long periods of time can lead to poor blood flow, which makes you more ... heart muscle can die. A heart attack can lead to lasting heart damage or death. Intauterine growth ...
  5. Cholesterol Good and Bad Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... can be good 0:22 How cholesterol can lead to plaques, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease 0:52 ... that feed the heart are blocked, this could lead to a heart attack. If the blood vessels ...
  6. Smoking during Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... bursts open. Gum disease Eye problems that can lead to blindness How can smoking harm your pregnancy? ... before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Preterm labor can lead to premature birth. Babies born prematurely are more ...
  7. ... at the microscopic level. Small arteries, or arterioles, lead to capillaries, which in turn lead to small veins, or venules. Lymph capillaries lie ... body. The process is called metastasis. It can lead to the formation of a secondary cancer mass ...
  8. CT Angiography (CTA) Video (Radiological Society of North America) (American College of Radiology)  
    ... During CT angiography of the heart, electrocardiogram (ECG) leads (sticky patches) will be placed on your chest ... Any motion, including breathing and body movements, can lead to artifacts in the images. This loss of ...
  9. What Is Macular Edema? Video (American Academy of Ophthalmology)  
    ... washed out. Without treatment, macular edema can even lead to permanent vision loss. Cause Macular edema is ... Medication. Certain drugs have side effects that can lead to macular edema. Eye tumors. Both benign and ...
  10. Aortic Valve Disease Video (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)  
    ... of the heart—is diseased, this also can lead to problems with the aortic valve. A faulty ... clots can form on mechanical valves, which can lead to stroke, so patients must take blood thinning ...
previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · next