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Heart Diseases : Health & Medical
CTCA and Functional Testing for Stable Chest Pain
Does CT coronary angiography lead to more revascularisation than functional tests do?
Cholesterol Monitor - Using Home Cholesterol Testers
This article discuss the type of home cholesterol testing kits available. It focuses on the cholesterol monitor and how it can help you to treat your high cholesterol more effectively.
10 Steps Before You Refer: Heart Failure
Heart failure is an increasingly prevalent and disabling condition when it is not properly treated. Learn what to do before sending patients to a specialist.
Vitamin D Protects Your Heart
Several research studies have reported that people who are vitamin D deficient are more than twice as likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases of all kinds, including heart attacks. We often read statements like this in the popular press. But perhaps the language of statistics blunts the messag
Menopause: Cause or Consequence
Editorial comment on a study that suggests that cardiovascular risk factors strongly determine menopausal age.
Your Heart Rate
WebMD explains how to monitor your heart rate and stay within your target heart rate zone during exercise.
Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Disease
Information on atrial fibrillation and abnormal heartbeat, including the causes, symptoms, and treatments.
Effects of Nonpersistence With Medication on CV Disease
What kind of dividends does persistence with cardiovascular medications pay?
2 Key Tests After a Heart Attack
Testing the heart's electrical and nervous system may predict death and cardiac arrest in heart attack survivors, a Canadian study shows.
The Truth About Heart Disease
For years, decades even, it has been the stated fact that fat causes heart disease. We were told that fat causes high cholesterol and it destroys your blood vessels and your heart. It was stated over and over again that heart disease was a result of high blood cholesterol. Millions of statin drugs h
Modern Diagnosis and Evaluation of Long QT Syndrome
Is genetic screening necessary? And if so, who should undergo testing?
Less Salt Will Cut Heart Disease Rate
If Americans reduced their salt intake by just 1 gram per day, there would be 250,000 fewer new cases of heart disease and 200,000 fewer deaths in a decade, a study shows.
Triglycerides - What Are Blood Triglycerides and What Can Be Done to Reduce Triglyceride Levels
For years we have been told that if we don't take steps to reduce our high cholesterol that heart and artery disease will likely occur. But now there seems to another blood baddy floating around in our arteries just looking for an excuse to cause trouble.
Study: Higher Heart Attack Risk From Pradaxa
Patients taking the new blood thinner Pradaxa have a 33% higher risk of heart attack or acute coronary syndrome than those on warfarin, an analysis of 7 studies finds.
Potential Heart Disease Breakthrough
Arteries Unclog Fast With Revolutionary Cholesterol Treatment
Management of Patients After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Can in hospital improvements lead to better outcomes for those who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital?
Can NICE Prevent Diabetes?
Does NICE policy fall victim to the desire for 'one size fits all' solutions for diabetes prevention?
Fasting Blood Glucose Levels Are Related to Exercise Capacity in Patients
Previous studies have demonstrated reduced exercise capacity in diabetic patients. This study evaluated the relationship between fasting blood glucose levels and exercise capacity in CAD patients.
Functional Measurement of Coronary Stenosis
Despite rapid developments in noninvasive imaging, coronary angiography is the road map for revascularization, but the functional significance of coronary artery stenosis isn't always evident. . .