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What is Atrial Fibrillation
posted: Sep. 23, 2019.

Atrial fibrillation is a disturbance in the normal process for awakening a heartbeat. The heart is separated into two upper chambers (atria) that receive blood and two lower chambers (ventricles) that Read more
What does atrial fibrillation feel like?
posted: Aug. 24, 2019.

The sensation most commonly bringing atrial fibrillation to light is an awareness of the heartbeat. It may be described as a fluttering inside of the chest, the movements soft and Read more
How do you know when a surgery or stent is needed?
posted: Feb. 28, 2019.

Say coronary artery disease in a crowded room and very soon the conversation will turn to surgery and stents: who got one, who needed one and the inevitable, who was Read more
Did Leonardo da Vinci discover arterial disease?
posted: Dec. 04, 2018.

Realizing what arteries do... If we take the wayback machine to well... wayback, people didn’t know how the heart worked, what arteries do or even that their dysfunction could cause disease. Read more
Can a stent prevent a Heart Attack?
posted: Nov. 19, 2018.

The question A short time ago, my email inbox contained a query from one of those online information sites. The question posed was, “Do stents prevent heart attack?” My initial impulse Read more
Why do we get Coronary Artery Disease?
posted: Nov. 13, 2018.

I know that this is a pretty broad question. Therefore, I would like to start by setting my boundaries. First, I would like to take the question from a big Read more
Aspirin and Heart Attacks: Things are different now…
posted: Oct. 24, 2018.

Aspirin prevents heart attacks. I know that you may find this jaw-dropping, but it’s true. On the other hand, you may have seen some recent information that was published in Read more
DaCosta's Syndrome: Chest Pain and Anxiety
posted: Oct. 07, 2018.

Stress Cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo Syndrome, and its related syndromes are most likely a toxic injury to the heart, resulting from a brief but profound, high intensity exposure to adrenalin Read more
Tafamidis, bone scans, amyloidosis and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
posted: Sep. 07, 2018.

There are many different causes of heart failure with a normal ejection fraction The two most common, a lifetime without any physical conditioning and the long-term effects of high blood Read more
How can the heart “fail” with normal strength?
posted: Aug. 29, 2018.

Heart failure is a general term for a group of symptoms including fatigue, swelling and difficulty breathing. Each of these symptoms may have any number of causes. When evidence points Read more
Absorbable Stent
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

Background. Stent, the Saxon sobriquet, is a monosyllabic moniker for the strutted savior of the disease-ravaged coronary artery. Surgery proved to the world that crippling coronary artery disease could be treated Read more
Anticoagulation and "Valvular" Atrial Fibrillation
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

Heart valve failure is a mechanical problem. Of course, that is like saying that can't run is a leg problem. It's painting with a broad brush. Some valves get stiff Read more
Heart Attack: One and done or fix what you find?
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

Background It is said that there are two kinds of coaches in professional sports, those that have been fired and those that will be fired; Pithy and generally true. The same Read more
How can losing weight be a bad thing?
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

Why composition should take the place of weight. The new addition to potboilers of how to lose 30 lb in 3 weeks or the one month cure for your risk of Read more
Nighttime leg cramps. Is there no rest?
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

In a sound sleep, with thoughts of sugar plums or a sandy beach dancing about in your head, a pain in the leg or the foot makes its presence known with Read more
Normal Cardiovascular Function
posted: Jul. 20, 2018.

Our bodies are large and complex. Cells are not concerned with complexity. They are simply needy. The broad sweeping narrative of normal cardiovascular function is delivery that is prompt, proportional Read more