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Right heart catheterization allows a surgeon to use a small, thin hollow tube called a catheter to examine your heart.

Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are heart devices. They are surgically placed in people. Pacemakers are used to treat slow heart rhythms. ICDs stop dangerous, fast heart rhythms.

The home Epley maneuver is a type of exercise help that helps to treat the symptoms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). You can do this exercise at home.

In a right-heart catheterization with heart tissue biopsy, tissue samples are taken directly from your heart muscle. Read on to learn details about this procedure.

A colectomy is a surgical procedure used to treat colon diseases. These include cancer, inflammatory disease, or diverticulitis. The surgery involves removing a portion of the colon, which is part of the large intestine.

Magnetic resonance enterography is an imaging test that lets your healthcare provider see detailed pictures of your small intestine. It can pinpoint inflammation, bleeding, and other problems. It is also called MR enterography.

An aortic dissection is a tear (dissection) in the wall of your body's main artery, the aorta. Treatment will depend on where the tear is located. You will most likely need surgery if the tear is on the ascending aorta. This is the part of the aorta that goes up through your chest toward your head.

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a procedure to treat an aneurysm in the upper part of your aorta. The aorta is your body's largest artery. An aneurysm is a weak, bulging area in the aorta wall. If it bursts (ruptures), it can be deadly.

Larynx-closure exercises can help you swallow better. With practice, they may help strengthen the muscles of your larynx.