Posts Tagged ‘arrhythmias’


    Heart Transplant Experience

    By on Friday, June 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment

      It was slightly more than a year ago when, Lauren Mahoney received a second chance at life. She was diagnosed in 1999 with heart disease: a cardiomyopathy, heart muscle disease in layman s terms and is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium (i.e., the actual heart muscle), bringing about dangerous arrhythmias. When [...]

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    Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Disease

    By on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments

    Congestive heart disease Congestive heart disease affects about five million Americans, and several medical professionals believe that within five years time about half of those people will unfortunately die from their state. Congestive heart disease is marked by the heart s inability to pump efficiently enough to supply the body with freshly oxygenated blood. It [...]

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