Articles on the heart and metabolism: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, heart rhythm and the risk factors that link them. Chest pain, breathlessness or fainting need urgent care, not reading.
Atherosclerosis is treated in proportion to a person's estimated risk of a future heart attack or stroke. Clinicians first combine blood pressure, cholesterol, blood…
Cardiac rehab is routinely recommended for anyone who has had a heart attack, a coronary stent, bypass or heart valve surgery, a heart transplant,…
Regular pacemaker device checks confirm four things: how much battery remains and roughly how many years it should last, whether the leads are intact,…
Saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol, and randomized trials show that replacing it with unsaturated fat lowers the risk of cardiovascular events by roughly 17…
Robotic heart surgery recovery time is usually shorter than recovery after open-chest surgery because the breastbone is left intact. Most people leave the hospital…
Yes, dehydration can cause heart palpitations. When you lose fluid, your blood volume drops, so the heart beats faster and harder to keep blood…
Cardiovascular toxicology is the study of how medicines, cancer treatments and environmental chemicals can harm the heart and blood vessels, and how that harm…
Transplant cardiology is the branch of heart medicine that assesses people with advanced heart failure for a heart transplant or a mechanical heart pump,…
Transcatheter mitral clip repair, also called transcatheter edge-to-edge repair or TEER, treats a leaking mitral valve without open-heart surgery. A cardiologist threads a catheter…
Life after stent placement usually means taking two antiplatelet medicines for a period set by your cardiologist, often 6 to 12 months for the…
MASLD, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, is the name adopted in 2023 to replace nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It describes fat buildup…
Chronic total occlusion treatment options fall into three groups: medicines with risk-factor control, a specialized catheter procedure (CTO PCI) that reopens the artery and…
Atrial fibrillation is usually described as manageable rather than curable. Treating triggers, restoring rhythm with cardioversion, or catheter ablation can keep some people free…
Living with pulmonary hypertension usually means combining three things under medical supervision: a structured exercise program adapted to your limits, oxygen when tests show…
Before starting cardiac arrhythmia treatment, ask your electrophysiologist exactly which rhythm problem you have and what is driving it, how urgent treatment is, what…
Cardiometabolic disorders are a linked group of conditions, including excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol…
Most heart rhythm disorders are first assessed by a primary care clinician, who refers to a cardiologist when an ECG shows an abnormal rhythm,…
Living with cardiomyopathy usually means regular, moderate activity agreed with your cardiologist, scheduled check-ups with echocardiograms and rhythm tests, and daily attention to weight,…
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