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2. Frank's sign - Wikipedia

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   Frank's sign is a diagonal crease in the ear lobe extending from the tragus across the lobule to the rear edge of the auricle. [1] The sign is named after Sanders T. Frank. [1] It has been hypothesised that Frank's sign is indicative of cardiovascular disease [2] [3] and/or diabetes. [4] Some studies have described Frank's sign as a marker of ...

3. Superior vena cava syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Superior vena cava syndrome ( SVCS ), is a group of symptoms caused by obstruction of the superior vena cava ("SVC"), a short, wide vessel carrying circulating blood into the heart. The majority of cases are caused by malignant tumors within the mediastinum, most commonly lung cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, directly compressing or invading ...

4. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   35% risk of death in first year [10] Heart failure ( HF ), also known as congestive heart failure ( CHF ), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, and bilateral ...

5. Heart attacks, panic attacks, and how to tell the difference

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   Many of the Signs of a Heart Attack and Panic Attack Overlap. It’s easy to confuse a panic attack and a heart attack because the two conditions share many of the same symptoms, including: Chest pain

6. Clogged Arteries Can Play a Significant Role in Severe Heart ...

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   Clogged arteries, known as arteriosclerosis, can play a significant role in causing several severe heart conditions and instigating major medical emergencies like heart attack and stroke.

7. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery disease ( CAD ), also called coronary heart disease ( CHD ), ischemic heart disease ( IHD ), [13] myocardial ischemia, [14] or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart. [5] [6] [15] It is the most common of the ...

8. Signs of heart disease may be more subtle in women than men

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   Symptoms of heart disease — the country's No. 1 killer — may be more subtle and varied in women than in men, according to a review published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal ...

9. Syndromes affecting the heart - Wikipedia

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   Syndromes affecting the heart. A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other. A syndrome can affect one or more of body systems. Different syndromes affect different groups of organs. This is a list of syndromes that may affect the heart. Syndromes affecting primarily the heart are written in bold letters.