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Benefits of Coffee : Getting To The Heart Of The Matter

March 15, 2015 21014 4
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

coffee and your heart

Decades ago in the 70’s and 80’s there was a flurry of articles published in major medical journals that implicated coffee drinking as a risk factor for heart attacks. It was reported that the risk was related to the amount of coffee consumed: the more coffee, the higher the risk. But as research techniques improved,…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Coronary Artery Disease Overview

January 25, 2015 9387 2
Philip Johnson, MD, PhD

According to the World Health Organization, coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.  Check out some interesting statistics about this killer and causes in the info-graphic below.

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

PVC Heart Beats – Are They Dangerous?

July 30, 2014 180263 23
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

PVC Heart Beats

PVC’s are common. Some people are troubled by just a few PVC’s where as others may have a PVC heart beat almost every other beat and not even notice it. Apart from being annoying to some (symptoms are sometimes described as heart flutter), are they of long-term significance? In this article we will look at…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart disease, Heart failure, heart rhythm

Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect

June 20, 2014 153169 22
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

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 339704 250
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

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

Can Alcohol Make You Live Longer?

March 11, 2014 4844 0
Stephen Russell, MD

live longer with alcohol

Many myths surround the consumption of alcohol, its effects on the heart and the question 'can alcohol make you live longer?'. One myth proposes that if some alcohol is good for the heart, more must be better. Another myth contends that the best way to protect the heart is to avoid alcohol altogether. Like all…

Filed Under: Heart Health, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease

How To Survive A Heart Attack

February 22, 2014 16460 6
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

To survive a heart attack you first must understand what is actually happening to the body when a heart attack occurs. What happens in a heart attack? A sudden rupture in an unstable area of a wall in an artery leads to buildup of clot with often-total blockage of the artery. This cuts off the blood…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), stent

Did That Stent Save My Life?

November 27, 2013 107451 44
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Pretty much everyone knows someone who has had a stent placed in his or her heart. The story told by the patient with the stents is classic. The chest pains had been coming and going for a while, but they had been passed off as indigestion or muscle pain. Tests were done, and showed that…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Angina, Angina pectoris, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart blockage, heart surgery

The 35-45 year old health check – (Part III) – The Physical Examination

October 1, 2013 4166 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

  By Murtaza Ahmed MD So hopefully before reading this you have already read Part I and Part II and understand why it is so important that you have a health check and what kind of things should have been focused on in the history.  Only after a good thorough history has been taken should…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, heart disease, obesity

The 35-45 Year-Old Health Check – (Part 1) – Why is it so important?

September 10, 2013 5553 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

  By Murtaza Ahmed MD As I mentioned in my previous post, the obesity epidemic, one of the most common presentations of the 35-45 year old  patient is for a ‘general health check’.  There is something about this age that makes people conscious that there may be aspects of their health that require attention.  The…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

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