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THE CHRONIC LEAKY MITRAL VALVE

December 30, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY: In this report, we would like to concentrate on the primary mitral insufficiency which is a disease of the mitral valve apparatus (mitral […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Valves

THE CHRONIC LEAKY AORTIC VALVE

December 23, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY:  The most common causes of aortic valve insufficiency (aortic regurgitation) in the US are the bicuspid aortic valve and the primary disease of […]

Filed Under: Aortic disease, Featured Articles

DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

December 16, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Nelson Schiller, Founder of the UCSF Adult Doppler Echocardiography Laboratory and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease clinic. DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: Since its development in the 1970s, Doppler echocardiography has occupied a position of increasing importance in the assessment of patients with valvular heart disease. Continuous-wave and pulsed Doppler […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Uncategorized

STATIN VS SUPPLEMENTS FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL

December 2, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Steven Nissen, MD.Chief Academic Officer of the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and Professor of Medicine at the Lerner College of Medicine. With the high prevalence of risk factors and cardiovascular disease in the US, looking at Statin vs Supplements for high cholesterol appears […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Articles, General Health, Heart Disease, Medical News, Risk & Prevention, Tests & Investigations

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

October 21, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACCFounder the UCSF Adult Echocardiography Laboratory and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Echocardiography: Clinical use in Cardiology. Echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that provides information about cardiac anatomy, function, and hemodynamics. In the last 40 years, the evolution of this technique has made […]

Filed Under: Aortic disease, Featured Articles, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Heart Health, Heart Valves, Tests & Investigations Tagged With: Echocardiography

FITNESS AND FATNESS: HOW EXCESS FAT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEART

September 29, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD Leave a Comment

Fatness and Fitness

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Chip Lavie, MD.Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Director, Stress Testing Laboratory. FITNESS AND FATNESS: HOW EXCESS FAT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEART. The Obesity pandemic is well established with >70% of US adults being overweight (BMI >25) or obese (BMI >30) or severely obese (BMI >40). Obesity […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Exercise, Featured Articles, Heart Health Tagged With: AFib, Cardiovascular Risk, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Excess Fat, Fitness, Heart failure, Heart Health, obesity

TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

September 15, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Timothy Garvey, MD. Professor; Director, Diabetes Research Center TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY The prevalence of obesity, defined as excess body fat causing compromise to health, has increased over the last few decades. It is estimated that up to 49% of the world’s population and 70% of […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Articles Tagged With: BMI, Body Mass Index, Diabetes, obesity, Overweight, Treatment

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention

July 13, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 6 Comments

Cardiac Rehabilitation

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Chip Lavie. In the US, it is estimated that approximately 800,000 new and 200,000 recurrent myocardial infarctions occur each year. The prevalence of coronary artery disease and heart failure is increasing. Each year, over 950,000 patients undergo percutaneous coronary angioplasty, 400,000 patients undergo coronary bypass surgery, and […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Exercise, Featured Articles, Heart Disease

How To Treat Prostate Cancer and Protect Your Heart

June 22, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 7 Comments

Prostate cancer ribbon

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Michael Bivins, Dr. Carrie Lenneman, and Dr. Mollie deShazo. The most common cause of death in men is cardiovascular disease, followed by cancer. Prostate cancer is the number one cause of cancer in men. The numbers are staggering. In 2019, 3,650,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer. […]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Disease Tagged With: cancer, prostate cancer

A Pro-Inflammatory Diet Increases the Risk of Dementia

June 15, 2022 by Louis Bherer, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

Dementia

In this article from December 23, 2021, Dr. Louis Bherer of the Montreal Heart Institute explores the connection between a pro-inflammatory diet and the risk of dementia. OVERVIEW In a study on aging and diet conducted in Greece, 1,059 older people reported in detail what they ate for three years. At the end of the […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Articles Tagged With: dementia, diet, inflammation

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