Other lifestyle changes can also reduce your risk of hardening of the arteries: 1  Avoid fatty foods. 2  Eat well-balanced meals that are low in fat and cholesterol. 3  Include several daily servings of fruits and vegetables. 4  Adding fish to your diet at least twice a week may be helpful. 5  However, do not eat fried fish.
Commotio cordis. Commotio cordis (Latin, agitation of the heart) is an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region), at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest.
Abstract. INTRODUCTION Ectopia cordis is a rare disease that it is defined by the abnormal position of the heart outside the thorax associated with defects in the parietal pericardium, diaphragm, sternum, and, in most cases, cardiac malformations.he heart was covered by visceral pericardium and the sternum was open (complete thoracic ectopia cordis). In the cardiac post mortem study, the drainage of the cava veins and pulmonary veins in their respective atria was normal.