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Cardioversion is a procedure that uses external electric shocks to restore a normal heart rhythm.

Palpitations are feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, pounding, or beating too hard or too fast. You may feel palpitations in your chest, throat, or neck during activity or when you are sitting still or lying down.

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that looks inside the lung airways. It involves inserting a bronchoscope tube, with its light and small camera, through your nose or mouth, down your throat into your trachea, or windpipe, and to the bronchi and bronchioles of your lungs.

A coronary calcium scan is a CT scan of your heart that detects and measures the amount of calcium in the walls of your coronary arteries.

Thoracentesis is a procedure in which a needle is inserted into the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall.

Usted puede visitar un doctor especializado en enfermedades de las células de la sangre para el tratamiento de la enfermedad de células falciformes suya o de sus hijos. Su proveedor de salud recomendara exámenes, medicines como penicilina o hidroxiurea, inmunizaciones y técnicas para manejar su condición. Usted También desarrollara un plan de cuidado en el hogar específico para sus necesidades. Para prevenir o tartar complicaciones se pueden usar transfusiones. Algunos niños se han tratado con trasplante de células madre.

Common sleep apnea signs and symptoms are snoring or gasping during sleep; reduced or absent breathing, called apnea events; and sleepiness. Undiagnosed or untreated sleep apnea prevents restful sleep and can cause complications that may affect many parts of your body.

Todos los estados dentro de los Estados Unidos, el Distrito de Columbia y los territorios estadounidenses requieren que a todo bebé se le haga una prueba para ver si tiene la enfermedad de células falciformes como parte de un programa de detección neonatal. Los médicos también pueden diagnosticar la enfermedad de células falciformes antes del nacimiento.

For most people with high blood pressure, a doctor will develop a treatment plan that may include heart-healthy lifestyle changes alone or with medicines. Heart-healthy lifestyle changes, such as heart-healthy eating, can be highly effective in treating high blood pressure.

Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia, after Alzheimer’s disease, affecting almost a third of people over age 70.