Category: C

Surgical fixation of a vascular tissue such as pectoral muscle to the cardiac muscle and pericardium to improve blood supply to the myocardium.  

Enlargement of heart muscle, as a result of long-standing or severe hypertension or aortic stenosis. Like all other forms of cardiomyopathy, the end result is heart failure.  

Myocardial disease associated with enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart and congestive heart failure. Commonly known as dilated cardiomyopathy, this cardiac condition involves the expansion and stretching of the heart chamber walls, leading to an enlargement of the ventricles. This enables them to accommodate a larger volume of blood compared to the standard…

Softening of the heart muscle.  

An operation that separates adhesions constricting the heart in adhesive mediastinopericarditis.  

A concretion or calculus in the heart.  

Previously used term for diphosphatidylglycerol.  

Formation and growth of the embryonic heart.  

To the junction of the esophagus and the stomach.  

Pain in the region of the heart.