Heart of the Matter: Techniques Used to Detect the Risk of Heart Disease
Standard diagnostic procedures like an electrocardiogram (EKG) can detect abnormal heartbeats, inadequate blood flow and heart enlargement. A stress test that records the heart beat during exercise finds problems that reveal themselves only when the...
Heart of the Matter: Lowering Your Risk of Heart Disease
There are certain unavoidable risk factors for heart disease, like family history. But there are factors that you can modify to lower your risk of a heart attack: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and physical inactivity. Any...
Heart of the Matter: Cardiovascular Care Before and After Heart Attacks
The mission of cardiac specialists is to take patients with known heart disease and aggressively teach them to understand their risk factors and improve their lifestyle Prevention needs to start early in life, but at any stage it makes a difference.