Heart is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frank Heart (1929–2018), American computer engineer and Internet pioneer. Zack Heart, Australian television and film personality.

English and North German: from a personal name or nickname meaning ‘stag’, Middle English hert, Middle Low German hërte, harte. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirt ‘descendant of Art’, a byname meaning ‘bear’, ‘hero’. The English name became established in Ireland in the 17th century.

Hart is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Hart Bochner (born 1956), Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Hart Crane (1899–1932), American poet.

A stag is the male of some of the larger species of deer. Hart is an old-school term for a mature red deer stag, traditionally one more than five years old. The word was used mainly by medieval English aristocratic hunters in reference to their most prestigious game animal.

According to Dr. DiBianco, the human heart is about the size of a fist. “Because [the heart] is a muscle with lots of blood supplied to it, it looks red like meat,” he explained. “In people who are overweight . . . the heart looks yellow because it is covered with yellow fat.”

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of heart attack. A less common cause is a severe spasm, or sudden contraction, of a coronary artery that can stop blood flow to the heart muscle.

Risk factors

• High blood pressure. Your heart works harder than it has to if your blood pressure is high.
• Coronary artery disease.
• Heart attack.
• Diabetes.
• Some diabetes medications.
• Certain medications.
• Sleep apnea.
• Congenital heart defects.

How much: Ideally, at least 30 minutes a day, at least five days a week. Examples: Brisk walking, running, swimming, cycling, playing tennis and jumping rope. Heart-pumping aerobic exercise is the kind that doctors have in mind when they recommend at least 150 minutes per week of moderate activity.

The symptoms of end-stage congestive heart failure include dyspnea, chronic cough or wheezing, edema, nausea or lack of appetite, a high heart rate, and confusion or impaired thinking.

When asking how long can you live with congestive heart failure, those at a moderate stage will average ten years. A recent study published in Family Practice in 2017 reviewed 54,313 patient cases and the heart failure life expectancy was 81.3% at 1 year, 51,5% at 5 years, and 29.5% at 10 years.

How Can I Prevent Heart Failure From Worsening?

1. Keep your blood pressure low.
2. Monitor your own symptoms.
3. Maintain fluid balance.
4. Limit how much salt (sodium) you eat.
5. Monitor your weight and lose weight if needed.
6. Monitor your symptoms.
7. Take your medications as prescribed.
8. Schedule regular doctor appointments.

Some people whose CHF is discovered early and treated promptly and effectively can hope to have a nearly normal life expectancy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , around half of people diagnosed with CHF will survive beyond five years.

Causes of pericardial effusion include: Inflammation of the pericardium following heart surgery or a heart attack. Autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. Spread of cancer (metastasis), particularly lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma or Hodgkin’s disease.

And sometimes, fluid around the heart occurs for no reason that we can determine, which is known as idiopathic pericarditis. In fact, the most common cause of pericarditis is an idiopathic (or presumed) viral infection, which usually will go away on its own over time or with anti-inflammatory medications.

If fluid around your heart continues to build up, the pericardium can put so much pressure on your heart that it becomes dangerous. In these cases, your doctor may recommend draining the fluid through a catheter inserted into your chest or open-heart surgery to repair your pericardium and your heart.

Treatments

1. Pericardiocentesis. The removal of fluid from the pericardium using a needle.
2. Pericardiectomy. The surgical removal of part of the pericardium to relieve pressure on the heart.
3. Thoracotomy. A surgical procedure that allows the draining of blood or blood clots around the heart.