What Are High Blood Pressure Numbers?
High blood pressure numbers are dangerous and can lead to serious critical health concerns. Let us examine what these numbers mean and how they are …
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Tests for Heart Disease: Which Tests Will the Doctor Perform on You?
Learn about the tests for heart disease that doctors use in a clinical setting. Which ones are easiest, and which ones are most accurate?
Continue ReadingAutoimmune Heart Disease
Autoimmune diseases affect millions of Americans and are the third most common category of diseases after cancer and heart disease. This type of …
Continue ReadingCoronary Artery Disease Due to Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is a medical condition unfamiliar to most people. But it is important to know what it is, particularly how it can damage the …
Continue ReadingCoronary Heart Disease Medications: What Prescriptions Wlll Your Doctor Give You for Handling Coronary Artery Disease?
Learn more about the types of coronary heart disease medications. How do they affect the body and what symptoms do they treat?
Continue ReadingEarlobe Signs of Heart Disease
Is there a link between earlobe creases and coronary heart disease? Learn what research has to say.
Continue ReadingUltrasound of the Coronary Arteries
The blood vessels that supply the heart or coronary arteries are vulnerable to changes in diameter due to cholesterol deposits. Learn how doing an …
Continue ReadingVentricular Flutter versus Ventricular Fibrillation
The heart is the organ responsible for supplying the body with oxygenated blood and removing carbon dioxide from the body by causing circulation of …
Continue ReadingStatistics About Heart Disease Including Mortality Rate and Economic Costs Associated with Cardiovascular Disease
One of the more disturbing facts of the statistics about heart disease is that it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Obesity is a …
Continue ReadingA Vegan Diet for Heart Disease
Adopting a vegan diet for heart disease can be useful both in prevention and control. Vegans have a lower intake of saturated fat and a higher intake …
Continue ReadingAbnormal Left Ventricular Diastolic Relaxation
The lower heart ventricles normally relax during diastole to allow filling with blood from the upper atria. This is followed by a forceful contraction …
Continue ReadingFacts About Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease
Hypertensive cardiovascular disease affects the heart. It encompasses several heart conditions including left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery …
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