Your heart is a complex organ that pumps blood throughout your body as the result of its electrical system A group of cells called the sinoatrial node produces electrical impulses that cause the four chambers of your heart (i

According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), nearly 220,000 people will have been diagnosed with lung cancer (LC) in the US

Blood flows to your heart in order to pick up more oxygen from your lungs It comes into your right atrium before moving into your right ventricle

Depending on the stage of the disease, and the location and size of the tumor, you may be a candidate for lung cancer surgery There are a few approaches and each is based on the growth of the abnormal mass

Like many illnesses or conditions a system of staging is used to assess the severity of varicose veins and this then assists in providing the most appropriate treatment There are eight stages, the first and best being “C0” where there are no visible signs and “C6” the worst where ulcers have formed

Evidence of lung cancer (LC) is often detected during a routine examination or while the doctor is taking x-rays to assess another condition At that point, the disease is merely a suspicion

Lung cancer (LC) is treatable as long as the disease is detected early enough As the cancerous cells spread beyond the lungs to other areas of your body, the condition becomes systemic

If you suffer from atrial fibrillation (known as Afib) and medications have been unable to control the condition, your physician may recommend Maze surgery This is an operation during which your surgeon ablates the atria (two upper chambers of your heart) and creates scar tissue across their surface

Maze surgery is done to correct atrial fibrillation (Afib) This is a condition that interrupts your heart's electrical system and causes the upper chambers (i

Millions of people suffer from atrial fibrillation (Afib), a condition defined by a chaotic heart rhythm The atria (i

Lung cancer, like all other cancers, is caused by a malfunction in the cells of the body which for whatever reason, embark on uncontrolled replication and growth Cells undergo a cycle of birth and death many millions of times throughout the life of a person, but this is done in a controlled cycle which replaces old cells with new ones

Each day, your heart pumps nearly 2,000 gallons of blood Over the course of an average lifetime, it will beat over 3 billion times

Blood flows between your left atrium and left ventricle through the mitral valve (MV) Normally, the sinoatrial node produces electrical impulses that travel through the atria (your heart's upper chambers) before reaching the ventricles (the lower chambers)