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Placing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) requires minor surgery, which usually is done in a hospital. Typically, the ICD is placed under your breastbone or along your ribs. In infants, it can be placed in the abdomen. With some devices, your doctor may first thread one or two sensor wires through your blood vessels into the chambers of your heart. With others, a single sensor wire is placed along the breastbone. The doctors will use a monitor to guide the wires and put them in the right place.

There are no methods to screen for VTE. If you are preparing to go to the hospital for a procedure or have other risk factors for VTE, talk with your doctor about a plan for preventing blood clots from forming.

Your doctor will diagnose deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism based on your medical history, a physical exam, and various imaging or blood test results.

Atelectasis is a condition in which the airways and air sacs in the lung collapse or do not expand properly.

In the United States, most people with sickle cell disease are of African ancestry or identify themselves as black, but the condition is also common in people with a Hispanic background.

If you or your child has sickle cell disease, you should learn as much as you can about the disease, including how to prevent and manage complications and take care of your mental health.

Common arrhythmia treatments include heart-healthy lifestyle changes, medicines, surgically implanted devices that control the heartbeat, and other procedures that treat abnormal electrical signals in the heart.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a procedure to treat aortic stenosis, a type of heart valve disease. TAVR replaces a faulty aortic valve with an aortic valve made from animal tissue. The procedure does not require open-heart surgery.

Si le han diagnosticado sarcoidosis, es importante que continúe con su medicamento, haga un seguimiento con su médico cuando se le indique, realice cambios saludables en su estilo de vida y prevenga complicaciones. Algunas personas pueden lograr una remisión total o de por vida. Otras pueden lograr una remisión temporal y luego experimentar una recaída de la enfermedad. Si está embarazada, consúltele a su médico sobre los medicamentos que toma para evitar problemas para usted y el bebé.

El médico puede diagnosticarle apnea del sueño según su historial médico, un examen físico y los resultados de un estudio del sueño. Antes de diagnosticarle apnea del sueño, el médico descartará otras razones o afecciones médicas que puedan causarle los signos y síntomas que presenta.