In the course of a disease, you may experience distressing symptoms, despite the best medical treatment. Or you learn that a procedure that might save your life has frightening risks. You may run out of treatment options and worry about what will happen next.
Your Heart and Other Conditions
A heart-healthy diet that includes and limits certain foods appears to delay the onset of dementia.
When it comes to heart health, the Mediterranean diet is the winner. The DASH diet is the best choice for patients with high blood pressure.
Your Heart and Other Conditions
New drug excels at reducing deaths and hospitalizations.
Cardiologists are calling angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) one of the most exciting developments in heart failure in decades. These drugs relax blood vessels and eliminate excess fluid and sodium in a new, very effective way.
Prevention
How much do you know about these cardiovascular events?
The results of an online survey commissioned by Cleveland Clinic in preparation for Heart Month (February) 2018 suggest that many of us don’t know as much as we should about these dangerous cardiovascular events. Take the quiz yourself and see how well you do.
Risks and Symptoms
Today, most are done in a catheter-based procedure.
TAVR, which stands for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, is a way of inserting a prosthetic valve inside a patient’s natural valve through a catheter.
Heart Failure
Profound effect of anti-inflammatory drug creates excitement, hope.
Two clinical studies released in 2005 showed that intensive statin therapy also reduced inflammation, as measured by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. The study authors felt strongly that the results of these trials could not be explained by LDL-lowering alone, and...
Your Heart and Other Conditions
In 2002, the American Heart Association recommended that patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) consume 1 gram daily of marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids containing EPA plus DHA, preferably from oily fish. Supplements are okay if you don’t like fish. In 2012, 8 percent of...
Prevention
The bacterium Chlamydia pneumonia is known to be present in atherosclerotic plaques, and macrolide antibiotics will eradicate C. pneumoniae from atherosclerosis.
Heart Failure
Advanced heart failure is one reason some patients are referred to palliative care. These patients often experience distressing symptoms that increase in number and severity as the condition progresses.
