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15 Lead Cardiac Monitor/Defibrillators
This article will explain the benefits of a 15 Lead Monitor/Defibrillator for active Fire Departments or Ambulance Companies. Use of this equipment meets or exceeds the established standard of emergency care for Advanced Life Support (ALS) teams....More...
Characteristics Associated With Inappropriate PCI
Do rates of inappropriate PCI differ by demographic characteristics and insurance status?...More...
Monitor Your Cardiac Risks Through Blood Testing
Taking care of yourself includes taking care of your heart. Fortunately, there are some simple blood tests that can be performed to help you monitor your cardiac risks....More...
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices as Destination Therapy
Is mechanical support the wave of the future -- for older and sicker patients ineligible for heart transplant?...More...
Heart Disease - Tips to Lower Blood Pressure and Avoid a Heart Attack
If you want to avoid heart disease it is important that you have a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. You want to try to naturally lower your blood pressure so that you do not have to take drugs that may have side effects. What happens when you get heart disease is that your arteries get clogg...More...
Unprotected Left Main Stenting: An Alternative to CABG in a DES
Previously reported experiences on the use of stents or IVUS to guide stenting of left main disease raise many important technical issues related to the optimal use of stents for left main PCI....More...
Home Monitoring for Heart Failure: About TIME
The IN-TIME trial, presented at the ESC 2013 Congress, demonstrated that wireless monitoring of implanted devices can improve heart failure outcomes. Our expert panel discusses the implications....More...
High Cholesterol Levels: What Are The Dangers?
High cholesterol levels increase the risks for heart attacks and stokes. Cholesterol levels that are high must be reduced to avoid cardiovascular disease. So what is cholesterol?...More...
Aging With Heart Failure
How can we more effectively evaluate our weakest heart failure patients -- so they get what they need to stay safe at home?...More...
Reducing Risks, Heart and Artery Surgery Complications - Hope on Reducing Intimal Hyperplasia
A new Ohio State University Research study published in January 2011 talks about how Protandim helps Heart/Artery surgical patients prolong the success of their operation and keep from having another operation sooner rather than later. Intimal Hyperplasia threatens the long term success of certain v...More...
What Is the Significance of Regular Narrow QRS Tachycardia?
What does this tracing show?...More...
Thrombolysis in Elderly Patients With Acute MI
The decision to utilize thrombolytic agents in the elderly remains a controversial issue and current literature does not provide a clear guidance on the use of thrombolytic therapy in older patients....More...
Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Nonagenarians
How often is PCI performed on very old patients very successful?...More...
Left Ventricular Pattern After 1 Year of Antihypertensives
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, as determined by echocardiography, has been shown to be a strong predictor of adverse prognosis independent of, and, in most cases, stronger than conventional risk factors....More...
Guidelines for the Digital Age
Dr. Harold discusses the practice-changing cholesterol guidelines and making guidelines more user-friendly in the digital age....More...
Stress Leads Straight to Heart Disease
When you receive the Seal you will learn to recognize stress and take steps to avoid its harmful effects.New research shows how stress at work can lead to heart disease, especially for those under 50....More...
Using Diet To Lower Cholesterol
If you have been diagnosed with a higher than normal cholesterol level you really don't have any other option but to take steps to lower it as quickly as possible. By ignoring high cholesterol you are, quite literally, taking your life into your hands by vastly increasing your risk of heart dis...More...
Pioglitazone and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event in High-Risk Diabetes 2
Pioglitazone treatment given on top of existing medication for diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia resulted in statistically significant risk reductions in MACE to 3 years vs placebo....More...
Cardiovascular Disease - Take Care of Your Heart
There are different forms of cardiovascular disease such as Atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, valve disease and coronary artery Disease. According to symptoms one needs to......More...
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