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.
After CTO PCI, keeping the reopened artery open usually rests on three things: taking the antiplatelet medicines exactly as prescribed for the full period…
Most people go home the morning after percutaneous PFO closure, and some the same day, then return to desk work and light activity within…
In a cardiovascular toxicology evaluation for people starting or receiving cancer treatment, the first heart tests are usually an electrocardiogram, an echocardiogram measuring ejection…
TAVI and open heart valve surgery both replace a failing aortic valve, but they reach it differently: TAVI threads a new valve through a…
No. Type 2 diabetes cannot turn into type 1, because they are two different diseases with different causes. Type 1 is an autoimmune condition…
Cardiorenal syndrome treatment steps usually begin by working out whether the body is holding too much fluid or too little, then relieving congestion with…
A heart transplant evaluation combines blood tests (blood type, tissue typing, antibody screening, infection and organ-function panels), heart tests (echocardiogram, ECG, right heart catheterization,…
Most people go home the same day after a coronary angiogram and feel largely back to normal within about a week. Expect a few…
TAVI, or transcatheter aortic valve implantation, replaces a narrowed aortic valve without opening the chest. A cardiologist punctures an artery, usually at the top…
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the lower front of the neck, just below the Adam's apple, wrapped around the front of…
Recovery after heart valve surgery usually unfolds in stages: about a day in intensive care, roughly a week in the hospital, and two to…
Living with cardiac amyloidosis usually rests on three ongoing habits: regular heart-rhythm checks, because slow conduction and atrial fibrillation are common in an amyloid…
Inflammatory heart disease, which includes myocarditis, pericarditis and endocarditis, is diagnosed by combining several tests rather than any single one. Doctors typically start with…
A blood clot in the heart is usually treated with anticoagulant medicines, often called blood thinners, which stop the clot from growing while the…
After an EP study you lie flat because the catheters enter through a large vein in the groin, and that vein needs steady pressure…
Congenital heart disease treatment is matched to the specific defect, its size and how it affects blood flow, not to a single standard plan.…
After cardiothoracic surgery, most people spend about one to two days in intensive care, roughly a week in the hospital, and then recover at…
Type 1 diabetes cannot currently be reversed. It is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas,…
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