What is an Angioplasty?Depending on the results of your Angiogram, it may be decided that the narrowing of your arteries needs to be treated using Angioplasty. Coronary Angioplasties open up…

Hypertension is the condition when someone suffers from high blood pressure. This is caused by the pressure at which blood pumps in the arteries being consistently above average. The heart…

Congenital heart disease is a term used to describe a range of birth defects that affect the normal functioning of the heart. An estimated 6 in every 1000 babies born…

Neurogenic Syncope Fainting (syncope) is caused by the blood supply to the brain being interrupted for a variety of reasons. When this is neurally mediated, it related to the nervous…

Every heart beat is initiated by the sinus node in the right atrium, sending an electrical signal that spreads to the left atrium (these are the 2 upper chambers of…

Disturbed heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, occurs when the heart’s natural pacemaker develops an abnormality, the normal blood flow to the pacemaker is disturbed or another part of the heart takes…

The mitral valve sits between 2 chambers of the heart called the left atrium (that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs) and the left ventricle (the main pumping chamber of…

The aortic valve lies between the left ventricle which is the main pumping chamber of the heart and the aorta which is the largest artery in the body that supplies…

A stroke occurs when there is a reduction in blood supply to the brain causing permanent damage and resulting in a neurological deficit, e.g. limb weakness or facial drooping. There…