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Valentine's Day, at least the greeting card variety, has forever done the…Spelling Love with Candy Hearts: The History of Conversation Heart Phrases
by Holly Hartman Related Links Valentine's Day Assortment Candy Quiz Classic Love Poems on the Web /**/ For more than a century, the makers of NECCO Sweethearts…William Shakespeare: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groanBeshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan For that deep wound it gives my friend and me! Is't not enough to torture me alone, But slave to…arrhythmia
(Encyclopedia) arrhythmiaarrhythmiaārĭᵺˈmēə [key], disturbance in the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. Various arrhythmias can be symptoms of serious heart disorders; however, they are usually of no…defibrillator
(Encyclopedia) defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation…infarction
(Encyclopedia) infarction, blockage of blood circulation to a localized area or organ of the body resulting in tissue death. Infarctions commonly occur in the spleen, kidney, lungs, brain, and heart…pacemaker, artificial
(Encyclopedia) pacemaker, artificial, device used to stimulate a rhythmic heartbeat by means of electrical impulses. Implanted in the body when the heart's own electrical conduction system (natural…stress test
(Encyclopedia) stress test or exercise electrocardiography, in medicine, a test that evaluates the performance of the heart by subjecting it to controlled amounts of physical stress. Such tests,…pericardium
(Encyclopedia) pericardium: see heart.quinidine
(Encyclopedia) quinidinequinidinekwĭnˈĭdēnˌ [key], heart muscle relaxant used to maintain regular heart rhythm patterns. It is an alkaloid chemically similar to quinine and, like quinine, occurs…Trending
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