Cardiac (Heart)

How the heart works

For an overview of how the heart works, read more on the Heart Foundation website.

Cardiovascular System

For an overview of the cardiovascular system, read more on the Health Direct website.

Prenatal heart

Septal Defect

For more information on septal defect, you can read more here.

High cholesterol

You can read more on high cholesterol on the Heart Foundation website.

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

You can read more on blood pressure and your heart on the Heart Foundation website.

Coronary artery disease

What is coronary artery disease

For more information, you can read more here.

Plaque rupture / myocardial infarction

For more information, you can read more here.

Stress test

For more information, you can read more here.

Coronary angiography

For more information, you can read more here.

Angioplasty and stenting

For more information, you can read more here.

Coronary artery bypass surgery

For more information, you can read more here.

Open heart surgery

Sternotomy

Heart and lung machine

OPCAB (off-pump) bypass surgery

Heart valves

How the valves work

What is heart valve disease?

For information on heart valve disease, you can read more here.

Valvular stenosis

Valvular regurgitation

Biological or mechanical aortic heart valve

Aortic valve replacement animation

For more information, you can read more here.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

For more information, you can read more here.

Minimally invasive robotic mitral valve repair

Aortic dissection

For an overview of aortic dissection, read more on the Health Direct website or read more on the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ website.

Aortic Aneurysm

For an overview of aortic aneurysm, read more here.

David Aortic root procedure

Yacoub Aortic root procedure

Bentall Aortic root procedure

For more information, you can read more here.

Conduction system

Arrhythmia

For more information on arrhythmias, you can read more here.

Bradycardia

Tachycardia

Atrial fibrillation

For more information, you can read more here.

Pacemaker

For more information, you can read more here.

Catheter ablation

For more information, you can read more here.

Left atrial appendage closure

For more information, you can read more here.

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

For an overview of cardiac rehabilitation, read more on the Heart Foundation website or read more on the St Vincent’s Hospital website.

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