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Heart Diseases : Health & Medical
Gender Differences in Outcomes After PCI of Chronic Occlusions
Should PCI be used more frequently for women with chronic total occlusions?
Can Taking Aspirin Reduce Your Risk For A Heart Attack?
Aspirin has been used for a long time to relieve pain from everything from a fever to arthritis. We have always been told by researches that it is a great ally in the fight against heart disease. If you are a man, taking an aspirin a day can help lower the risk of you having an initial heart attack
Risk Factor Reduction for AF and Implications for Ablation
Are atrial fibrillation and ablation sufficient enough events to motivate patients into healthy lifestyle changes?
Long-term Outcomes After Real-World Fractional Flow Reserve Use
Does deferral of stenting according to FFR create more favorable long-term outcomes?
Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity
Large artery damage is a major contributor to cardiovascular (CV) diseases and therefore requires an early evaluation in the general context of CV risk factors. Several methods have been proposed to analyze the structure and function of large arteries.
Statin Drugs - Do We Need Another One? They Are Dangerous and Useless For Heart Disease
The Food and Drug Administration has approved another statin drug. Statin drugs can lower cholesterol levels, but they do not reduce the risk of heart disease. Since their introduction 30 years ago, there has been a steady increase in the number of heart attacks. There has also been an increase in t
Lower Cholesterol - A Simple Drug Free Method
Suffering from high cholesterol levels? Not keen on using drugs to control it? Then look no further!
Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs - The Facts (Part-1)
Critics of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have been accused by a leading researcher of "misleading" the general public about the dangers of taking them. Are critical articles published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) flawed?
Oral P2Y12 Inhibitor in Patients With ACS Undergoing PCI
Is in-hospital switching of oral P2Y12 inhibitor commonly done for patients with ACS undergoing PCI?
How to Lower Your High Cholesterol Through Diet - 3 Quick Tips
If you have been to see a physician regarding your cholesterol levels, hopefully they have advised you to lower your high cholesterol through diet, if not and they have recommended you start taking statins, you may want to consider trying to lower your high cholesterol through diet first anyway befo
How Lower Cholesterol Is a Lifestyle
When we think of Cholesterol issues and heart disease these days, we usually think in terms of lowering the LDL or bad cholesterol to lower the risk of artery blockage. There are cases of individuals who though they have fairly low cholesterol levels have been found to have heart issues. Inflammatio
Predictors of Complications During Chronic Total Occlusion PCI
Find out more about clinical, angiographic, and procedural factors associated with increased risk of periprocedural complications during chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
Eat Healthy Foods to Reduce Heart Disease
Heart disease kills every 7 minutes in Canada. Obesity and lack of exercise can contribute to cardiovascular problems. Choosing and eating wisely and engaging in physical activities will greatly reduce your risk of developing heart disease.
Strokes and Conditions
A stroke takes place when blood supply is interrupted to a certain portion of the brain. There are two types of stroke. One kind of stroke is when a clot blocks the blood supply to a certain part of the brain; this is called and ischemic stroke.
Heart Disease Caused by Calcium Deficiency
Heart disease covers a wide range of diseases that affect your heart, from diseases of the blood vessels to heart rhythm problems to heart defects. There is some evidence that calcium deficiency may contribute to heart disease.
STEMI Center Treatment and Neurologic Recovery for Cardiac Arrest
Find out what factors influence good neurological recovery after out of hospital cardiac arrest.
Quality of Life Following PCI in Octogenarians
80 plus year-old patients undergoing PCI may get just as much improvement in quality of life as those who are much younger. Why?
Lower Cholesterol Fast - Surprisingly Effective Techniques For Reducing High Cholesterol
If you've chosen to lower cholesterol naturally, foods are the place to begin. Many individuals immediately turn to medication when they learn about their high cholesterol. However, considering the serious side effects of these medications, and considering how quickly cholesterol levels can be
FDA Warning on Atrial Fibrillation Drug Multaq
The FDA warns patients taking the atrial fibrillation drug Multaq (dronedarone) to call their doctors. Multaq doubled deaths and strokes in a study of patients with permanent atrial fibrillation.
Intra-Aortic Counterpulsation in Heart Failure
Does the etiology of heart failure affect the safety and efficacy of counterpulsation as a heart failure treatment?