Cryptogenic Stroke - Stroke With Unknown Cause
Most strokes are caused by an interruption in blood flow to part of the brain, producing damage to that portion of the brain. Usually, the blood flow is disrupted by a clot that forms in the blood vessel (a thrombus), or a clot that travels to the brain from elsewhere (an embolus). Subsequent treatment for a given patient depends on identifying the specific cause of the interruption in blood flow....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Do Statins Work In Women?
Statins have become a mainstay in preventive cardiology. A large number of clinical trials have demonstrated that statins, in high-risk patients, can substantially reduce the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events.
So how can it be that the benefits of statins have not been proven in women?...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 13, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Just In Time For Valentine's - Sugar Is More Deadly Than We Thought
We have known for a long time that eating too much sugar is bad for us. But now, a new study says that consuming even what most of us might consider moderate amounts of sugary foods significantly increases our risk of cardiovascular death. If you love her, guys, pass on the candy and go for the flowers....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Aspirin Therapy in Heart Failure
While therapy with aspirin is known to benefit patients with coronary artery disease, evidence that it significantly helps people who have heart failure has been more difficult to come by.
A new study, published last week, suggests that aspirin may indeed improve the survival of patients with heart failure - but only at doses substantially lower than have been typically used in practice, or in prior clinical trials....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Coronary Artery Disease in Women
Cardiovascular disease kills more women than any other cause, and the most common variety of cardiovascular disease is coronary artery disease (CAD).
While CAD in women often "behaves" similarly to CAD in men, there are glaring exceptions. Sometimes there are big differences - and these differences can lead doctors to miss the diagnosis altogether....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Heart Failure in Women
Heart failure is an all-too-common cause of disability and death in women. And in women, heart failure may have different causes - and different treatments - than heart failure in men....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - February 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Dark Side of "Good" Cholesterol
We have been learning a lot about "good cholesterol" (HDL cholesterol) over the past few years. One of the things we have been learning - much to the dismay of the shareholders of some of the world's great pharmaceutical houses - is that "good" cholesterol is not always good. In fact, just last week investigators from the Cleveland Clinic identified yet another way that a certain species of HDL cholesterol can produce great mischief....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
How Does Bereavement Increase Cardiac Risk?
Recent studies have shown that during periods of grief caused by loss of a loved one, the risk of having a heart attack becomes remarkably higher for a period of time....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 24, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Mediterranean Diet and Peripheral Artery Disease
While several studies have shown that eating a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, until now there has been no evidence from clinical trials that it can also help to prevent peripheral artery disease (PAD)....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 22, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves New Transcatheter Aortic Valve Device
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Medtronic's CoreValve, a transcatheter aortic valve implantation device (TAVI), for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are considered too sick for standard valve-replacement surgery....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Dueling Hypertension Guidelines - What Good Doctors Will Do
Four new sets of guidelines on treating hypertension were recently published, and there are some important differences among them. Since doctors are often now "graded" on their compliance with guidelines, this multiplicity of hypertension guidelines leaves them with a dilemma....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
A Bounty of New Hypertension Guidelines
Doctors had been waiting for 10 years for official guidelines on hypertension to be updated when, in 2013, they were suddenly inundated with four different sets of guidelines. And of course, the guidelines all say different things....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
How To Stop Smoking
Now that we know how smoking damages your heart, and your health in general - in other words, now that it has been established that quitting would be a very good idea - let's talk about strategies that have been used by thousands of smokers who have successfully quit smoking....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 13, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Does Chelation Therapy Deserve Another Look?
The TACT trial, which was designed to drive a stake into the heart of chelation therapy for heart disease, may have done the opposite, to the great discomfiture and embarassment of critics of chelation....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
When Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?
Yes, stress can help to produce heart disease - but not all stress, and not in all people. For stress to be harmful to your heart, you've got to have the "right" kind of stress, and you've got to react to it in the "right" way. Learn about what kind of stress to avoid, and how to handle it when you cannot avoid it....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
