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Understanding
Heart Conditions
Knowing more about heart disease and having a clearer understanding of your condition can help reassure people and their carers, family and friends.
Information about how your heart works and the different types of heart conditions can be found in this section.
How Your Heart Works
This section explains how your heart pumps blood around your body.
Types of Heart Conditions
Sometimes, just understanding a condition can help you feel more in control of what's happening to you and help to reduce some of the anxiety that you may be experiencing.
Heart Terms
Find out more about the medical terms you might hear while talking to doctors and nurses.
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