Lubb-dupp. Lubb-dupp. Those are the words that health care professionals often use to mimic the sound of your heartbeat. That steady, regular sound is made by your heart valves opening
Pregnant women who use cannabis, opioids, or other substances have higher rates of cardiovascular disease events, including mortality, new registry data show.
Endocarditis can present with many different clinical scenarios, so making the diagnosis can be challenging, says a co-chair of newly issued European guidelines for managing this disease.
Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare but potentially deadly infections of the heart's inner lining and valves, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on infective endocarditis, published online today in European Heart Journal.