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3 Comforting Benefits Of Portable Home EKG Machines
If you are experiencing frequent ectopic beats, or small variations of an otherwise normal heart beat, or if you occasionally experience heart palpitations, which are uncomfortable feelings associated with abnormally fast and forceful heart beats, you may be a good candidate to look into getting a p
Heart Diseases: Heart Attack - The Most Common Heart Disease II
A heart attack, which is the most common consequence of a heart disease, can be recognized not only by three symptoms in the previous article mentioned, but also be recognized by other warning signs, such as unusual chest, stomach or abdominal pain, nausea or dizziness, cold sweat or paleness, short
Management of Patients With LBB and Suspected MI
Do current performance measures account for the complexity of LBBB among patients with possible ACS?
Severe Aortic Stenosis and CAD in the TAVR Era
More than 50,000 TAVRs have been performed around the world to date, but practices for managing the common comorbidity of CAD vary. What's best practice?
Blood Pressure Kit - A Must Buy For Healthy Life
Know all about blood pressure and its monitoring and keep the silent killer at bay. Read on.
Top Healthy Habits for Your Heart
You can dramatically lower or nearly wipe out your chances of a heart attack and heart disease by following healthy lifestyle habits.
Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke and What You Have to Know
Heart disease is typical in people with diabetes. The truth is, stats from the American Heart Association estimate that heart disease as well as stroke are responsible for two-thirds to three-fourths of the deaths amongst anyone with diabetes.
Editorial: Enhanced External Counterpulsation in CHF
An overview of the history and trials conducted to date regarding the advancements of external counterpulsation.
Raise Good Cholesterol and Raise Your Level of Health - Here's How You Do It
In order to raise good cholesterol levels, also known as HDL levels or high density lipoproteins, you need good foods or the nutrients found within them. Ideally, your HDL level would be over 50 and your LDL level would be lower than 129.
Heart Attack
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of heart attack including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Coronary Artery Disease - Scope of Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment
Coronary artery disease, also called as ischemic heart disease, is a condition in which fatty deposits called atheroma accumulate in the walls of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. This process is called atherosclerosis. When it causes a partial block it results in ischemia (redu
Cardiohepatic Interactions in Heart Failure an Overview
A spotlight is placed on the intricate mechanisms underlying liver injury in the setting of HF and how these affect response to therapy -- across the spectrum of clinical HF.
The Truth About Cholesterol - Is it a Great Cholesterol Lie?
Many people automatically associate cholesterol with something negative -- poor health, obesity, heart attack risks, and so on -- but we also have to realize that there is such a thing as good cholesterol. Not all the cholesterol found in the body is bad for the health.
Developments in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion PCIs
Get a concise summary of the most important CTO-PCI related literature published in 2013.
Medicines Help Heart Attack Survivors
Heart attack survivors aged 65 and older may live longer if they take prescribed cardiovascular drugs, new research shows.
Atherectomy to Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Disease
Does orbital atherectomy decrease acute complications in patients with calcified peripheral vascular disease?
Diuretics and Ultrafiltration in Acute Decompensated HF
In heart failure treatment, what is the optimal method for achieving successful decongestion while minimizing changes in renal function and neurohormonal activation?
Cardiac cycle
The cardiac cycle is one complete heart beat, consisting of the diastolic phase and the systolic phase.
Are You Struggling to Unravel the Mystery Behind Niacin and Cholesterol?
You heard on the radio that niacin could lower cholesterol so you made a bee line to your grocery store to stock up on high niacin foods. Upon arriving you informed the store manager that you had heard niacin and cholesterol were linked and were curious as to what the food highest in niacin might be
Coq10 and Diastolic Heart Failure
Our body is like a machine. A machine will have both static and dynamic parts. Similarly our body has both static and dynamic parts. For example, take the case of nail. Does it move? Of course it changes its shape when it grows but it does not move. It requires less energy. But our fingers are dynam