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5 Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Maintaining a healthy heart requires a strong partnership between you and your physician. Make sure your doctor understands your family history and lifestyle so he or she can effectively determine your risk for heart disease and make recommendatio...
Sep 21 2010
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Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia is a condition where a person’s heart beats abnormally. It is often completely harmless, but it can also be life-threatening. Almost everyone experiences an arrhythmia at some point in their life, often brought on by some exciting event...
Sep 21 2010
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Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is a disease in which the heart muscle becomes enlarged, inflamed, think, or rigid. As cardiomyopathy progresses, the heart becomes weaker and ceases to work as effectively as it should. The condition makes it difficult for the hear...
Sep 21 2010
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Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease and is the leading cause of death in the United States. Most heart attacks are caused by underlying CAD and related complications, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Sep 21 2010
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Depression and Heart Disease
Treating depression before or after a heart attack occurs is important and affects a patient’s risk of survival. Depression causes patients who are recovering from a heart attack to be two to three times more likely to have another attack or to di...
Mar 10 2011
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Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of the heart or the heart valves. The infection occurs when bacteria or other infectious germs spread through your bloodstream and attach to part of your heart. It can damage and potentially destroy...
Sep 21 2010
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Heart Attack
More than a million Americans suffer a heart attack every year. Every 34 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 34 percent of people who experience a heart att...
Sep 21 2010
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Heart Health & Disease Prevention
Maintaining a healthy heart can seem overwhelming. Navigating the world of good and bad cholesterol, omega-3 fatty acids, and trans fats is not easy, and the barrage of “heart healthy” labels at the grocery store can be even more confusing. But ta...
Sep 21 2010
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Heart Health Basics
Heart health is about more than eating healthy, cardiovascular exercise, or omega-3 fatty acids. It is often a matter of life and death. When healthy, the heart works relentlessly to pump blood throughout your body, carrying oxygen and essential n...
Sep 21 2010
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Heart Health Management
Maintaining a healthy heart is somewhat of a numbers game. During your annual checkup, your doctor will conduct several tests that can tell you a lot about your risk for heart disease.
Sep 21 2010
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