Why should you want to reduce LDL cholesterol? Short for Low Density Lipoprotein, LDL cholesterol happens to be the kind that you wouldn't want to have plenty of. In simple language, LDL refers to the bad cholesterol, and while bad cholesterol is also needed by the body, levels that are beyond ......[Read More]

Every 5 minutes, four women in America die of heart disease according to the NIH. That adds up to 500,000 women each year. The good news is "Heart disease is, according to Mimi Guarneri founder of the Scripps Foundation for Integrative Medicine, the most easily preventable of all lifestyle dise......[Read More]

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias seen in clinical practice, especially after cardiothoracic surgery.......[Read More]

Read how the risks and benefits of alcohol use remain complex, even among patients with CHD, and no simple recommendation regarding alcohol consumption can be made for all patients.......[Read More]

Medscape interviews Annika Rosengren, MD, PhD, about a study on chest pain in Sweden, which reported mortality rates after 1 year that are the same as those the general population. Does that hold for the US?......[Read More]

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In heart failure treatment, what is the optimal method for achieving successful decongestion while minimizing changes in renal function and neurohormonal activation?......[Read More]

Given that the results of the OAT influenced recent guidelines for PCI of nonacute coronary occlusions, it is well worth knowing how well PCI was performed in that trial.......[Read More]

A quick and inexpensive blood test may be a powerful tool for identifying a person's future risk of heart disease and related conditions.......[Read More]

Patients with acute coronary syndrome are at high risk for contrast induced acute kidney injury. Find out more about the role of statin pre-treatment in preventing renal damage.......[Read More]

If you've recently been diagnosed with congenital or acquired heart disease then you may be a candidate for a cardiac rehabilitation program.To be a likely candidate you don't have to fall in the category of those who have had a heart attack.You may also be a candidate without having had h......[Read More]

Did you already suffer a heart attack? It is very common now days to encounter people with cardiovascular diseases and those with high risks for heart diseases. Diabetes, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, obesity, etc are aggravating risk factors to heart attack.......[Read More]

There are many clever diet plans aimed at lowering cholesterol, losing weight and improving health and vitality. Very often though, unless you have a very specific or acute problem, a good traditional commonsense diet is all that is really necessary. Take a look at our suggestions for accomplishing ......[Read More]

Does the mini-aortic valve replacement live up to the standard of the full sternotomy AVR?......[Read More]

Just by getting your sugar cravings under control, you can often significantly lower your cholesterol. The trick is to know how to end your sugar cravings and to do it without willpower or deprivation. It can be done by using these 5 key sugar-busting tricks.......[Read More]

Find out the various ways Fabry disease presents - in patients with cardiac, cerebrovascular, and renal symptoms.......[Read More]

What's the risk of readmission for bleeding and major cardiac events in stented NSTEMI atrial fibrillation patients?......[Read More]

Find out how a medium sized hospital is delivering better outcomes for patients with carotid stenosis.......[Read More]

How do outcomes after revascularization differ in patients with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus vs those not on insulin?......[Read More]

Symptoms of advanced congestive heart failure generally differ not in kind, but degree from earlier stages of heart failure. Congestive heart failure is generally caused by an overworked heart that eventually struggles to pump blood efficiently.......[Read More]