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Cardiovascular Health in Women with Dr. Nikki Stamp

February 26, 2021 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

Dr. Nikki Stamp

How much does cardiovascular health differ between men and women? Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Nikki Stamp of Australia in a discussion of cardiovascular health in women, particularly the effect of estrogen on cardiovascular disease risk. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. 5/5 (13) Tell Us How We're Doing… Was […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Podcast Tagged With: cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, estrogen

Spicing Up the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with Chili Peppers

June 30, 2020 by Martin Juneau, MD Leave a Comment

Chili peppers in a bowl.

OVERVIEW The frequency of weekly consumption of chili peppers by 22,811 Italians from the Molise region was measured over an 8-year period. At the same time, researchers identified deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or other causes that occurred during this period. Results show that people who eat chilies 4 or more times per week have a […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Disease, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, heart disease

A Guide to STEMI (ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction) Heart Attacks

January 25, 2015 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 70 Comments

stemi guide

Have you or a loved one recently suffered from a STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attack? Are you a physician or med student looking for STEMI diagnostic and treatment guidelines? This article is an all-encompassing STEMI resource guide. At myheart.net we’ve helped millions of people through our articles and answers. Now our authors are keeping readers […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, heart disease

Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

November 30, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 70 Comments

Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia

 The normal heartbeat is generated just like clockwork by electric signals sent out from a natural pacemaker known as the sinus node. Normal individuals have heart rates of between 60-90 beats per minute. This is actually slower than the natural pacemaker of the heart, partly because there is the slowing influence of the nervous system […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, heart rhythm, Mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), palpitations

Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Mitral Insufficiency)

November 30, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 10 Comments

Mitral Valve regurgitation mitral insufficiency

By Mustafa Ahmed MD What is Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Mitral Insufficiency)? Mitral Valve Regurgitation also known as Mitral Insufficiency is basically a leaky mitral valve. As a doctor that specializes in heart valve disease, this is the most common valve problem I see. The mitral valve stops blood flowing backwards from the main chamber of […]

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, Heart failure, heart valve, leaky heart valve, leaky mitral valve, Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

Sinus Arrhythmia – What Is It?

November 27, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 79 Comments

What is Sinus Arrhythmia? What is sinus arrhythmia? Heartbeats are like clockwork. In the same way the second hand on a clock ticks regularly each second, the heart has an electrical impulse that is generated and leads to a heartbeat in a regular manner. The timing between each of these generated impulses is known as […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, Heart failure, heart rhythm

Troponin Levels – The Heart Attack Blood Test

November 20, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 239 Comments

Troponin Levels

What does elevated troponin level mean? An elevated troponin is in general concerning for heart damage until proven otherwise. It can be from a heart attack due to a blockage or due to other conditions that place strain on the heart such as heart failure or critical illness. As discussed below there are other, non […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Tests & Investigations Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)

Afib with RVR – When The Heart Races Out Of Control

June 29, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 57 Comments

Afib with RVR

What Is Afib with RVR? Afib with RVR refers to atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. Usually the heart is like clockwork, the top (collecting) chambers beat then the bottom (main pumping) chambers sense this and also beat, and so on, in a nice regular fashion just like a clock ticking second after second. Usually […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Heart Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Heart failure, Heart rate, heart rhythm, palpitations, shortness of breath, Stroke

Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect

June 20, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 125 Comments

Amlodipine Side Effects

The most likely reason to be started on amlodipine is for blood pressure control. It causes relaxation and dilation of the blood vessels leading to lowering of blood pressure. The other reason people are started on amlodipine is for control of chest pain in people with coronary artery disease, amlodipine is thought to achieve this […]

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Vascular Disease Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Heart Blockage – Explained With Pictures!

June 8, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 599 Comments

Heart Blockage – Explained With Pictures

At MyHeart.net, we’ve helped millions of people through our articles and answers. Now our authors are keeping readers up to date with cutting edge heart disease information through twitter. Follow Dr Ahmed on Twitter @MustafaAhmedMD. Follow @MustafaAhmedMD Heart blockage is a term commonly used by patients referring to coronary artery disease, a build-up of plaque causing […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart blockage, heart disease, Heart failure

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