Heart and circulation
Heart block causes your heartbeat to slow down or beat irregularly. It happens when the electrical signals that control your heartbeat are slowed down or blocked as they...
Low blood pressure means a blood pressure lower than would normally be expected for a particular person – low enough to cause symptoms such as fainting. Although it...
Produced by Louise Abbott, Bupa Health Information Team, February 2012.
This factsheet is for people who have pericarditis, or who would like information about it.
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Ventricular tachycardia causes your heart to beat too fast, usually at a rate of about 120 to 200 beats per minute. Ventricular tachycardia is a type of arrhythmia (abnormal...
This factsheet is for people who have heart failure, or who would like information about it.
Heart failure is a term used to describe the condition when the heart is not...
An echocardiogram uses ultrasound to produce moving real-time images of the inside of your heart. In a TOE, the ultrasound probe is placed in your oesophagus (the pipe that...
An angiogram (also called a cardiac catheterisation) is a test used to diagnose certain heart conditions.
You will meet the doctor carrying out your procedure to discuss...
The cardiovascular system supplies oxygen from the lungs to the tissues around the body. It also transports carbon dioxide, a waste product, from the body to the lungs....