Cardiovascular risk factors are generally related to cardiovascular diseases. These factors are divided into modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors
Mitral stenosis is a narrowing (stenosis) of the mitral valve of the heart, which impairs the regular blood flow through the orifice located between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness that can affect anyone irrespective of age and health status; it is likely that one will experience a syncopal episode during a lifetime
The cardiac pacemaker is a tiny small device which, surgically implanted, is capable of correcting heart rhythm disturbances; intervenes when it perceives that the heart is beating too fast, too slow or there is a discontinuous beat
Brugada syndrome is a disease that most commonly affects young males in adulthood. The genetic defect is in proteins that control the entry of sodium into the cardiac cell