The American Heart Association describes cardiac catheterization as a procedure in physicians insert a long hollow thin tube into a blood vessel, and threads it through the blood vessels to the heart or the arteries connected to the heart. After...
The aortic valve separates the lower left chamber of the heart, the left ventricle and the aorta, the blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. The one-way aortic valve normally has three leaflets, or cusps. Bicuspid aortic valve...
Body mass index, or BMI, charts can help you determine whether you're within a healthy weight range or if you're overweight. The BMI chart is broken down into three categories which consist of a healthy weight range, overweight or obese. Being...
A pulmonary artery stent is a small tube made of a wire mesh material. A stent is used to open the pulmonary artery when it is too narrow and is a type of treatment that may be used for pulmonary artery stenosis. Exercising can usually be resumed...
