The phrase "heart strain" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to the physical stress or difficulty placed on the heart, such as from overworking or unhealthy habits. For example, "His lifestyle caused extreme heart strain, and eventually he suffered from a heart attack."
Carbon monoxide from cigarettes, gas cookers and heaters is singled out as causing drowsiness, headaches and heart strain, while nitrogen dioxide from unvented gas appliances has been blamed for respiratory problems.
Catheter-directed interventions for the treatment of patients with submassive pulmonary embolism (sPE) have shown promise in rapidly improving right-sided heart strain and preventing decompensation to massive pulmonary embolism.
The simulator also generated various pathological states (pericardial effusion, cardiac standstill, right heart strain), and participants were asked to interpret the images generated throughout their skill assessment.
A transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated markedly worsened dilation of the right ventricle with a very small left ventricle indicative of severe right heart strain.
Pulmonary hypertension causing right heart strain, leading to release of BNP from the right ventricular myocardium has been the most commonly implicated mechanism [21, 22].
In this article, we will review several abnormal contrast enhancement and flow patterns that are encountered in thoracic CTA, including severe abnormalities such as right heart strain, cardiac asystole, and cardiac tamponade.
She expected the worst then; she seemed to be staring out for it greedily, her heart straining.
It is a thunderbolt that will crash into some brain -- a dull, dead, remorseless weight that will full upon some heart, straining it to breaking.
His pounding heart strained his rib cage as waves of euphoria and anxiety washed over him.
Their oxygen saturation is low, and their EKGs show a classic "right-heart strain pattern".
Intravascular air injection can lead to pulmonary air embolism resulting in ventilation perfusion mismatching, right-heart strain and total cardiovascular collapse.
