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Stem Cells in the Treatment of Heart Failure

February 13, 2017 10834 43
Alain Bouchard, MD

Can stem cells help improve heart muscle in patients with congestive heart failure? The use of stem cells in the treatment of heart failure cases is currently being investigated. Cardiovascular disease is the # 1 killer in the United States accounting for one third of all deaths.  Heart disease kills more people than cancer, HIV, diabetes or trauma. Many advances in…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies

Open Heart Surgery – Incredible Picture Guide!

October 12, 2016 56172 29
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What is Open Heart Surgery? Traditionally, open heart surgery meant the breastbone being cracked open, providing direct access to the heart, allowing heart surgeons to fix heart problems while the patient is placed on a heart lung machine. Open heart surgery is probably the most widely known and feared of all operations, but in the…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Endarterectomy

April 27, 2016 5073 7
David McGiffin, MD

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is an uncommon disease but an important one for several reasons – it is substantially under recognized, it may result in progressive and disabling symptoms, the natural history is progression to death, but there is a highly effective operation (Pulmonary Endarterectomy) that may abolish symptoms and reverse the unfavorable natural…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Vascular Disease

Heart Attacks In Women

January 15, 2016 15876 13
Brad Richardson

signs of a heart attack

Why single out heart attacks in women? Dealing with the societal “requirements” and to “keep up with the Jones,” all of the women in my life hardly have time to themselves. When they do get time to relax, 9 times of 10 they are already exhausted and feel fatigued. Heart disease is the predominate killer…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, General Health, Heart Disease, Heart Health, Risk & Prevention

How to do the MitraClip Procedure – A Complete Guide

January 4, 2016 9828 31
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

The MitraClip procedure represents a cutting edge way to fix a leaky mitral valve.  For a broad overview of the procedure and the type of patients who need it, see our article The MitraClip – Treatment for a Leaky Heart Valve.  The following article is meant for all levels of those wishing to learn about the…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Valves

Heart Flutter

November 6, 2015 60835 18
Philip Johnson, MD, PhD

Heart flutter is a nonspecific term often used by people when describing an abnormal sensation in their chest that may refer to one of several conditions which may be benign or may be concerning, including premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), premature atrial contractions (PACs), heart block, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, POTS, or muscle spasms in…

Filed Under: Cardiac Arrhythmias, Featured Articles

TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement): The New Heart Valve Replacing Open Heart Surgery

June 30, 2015 84519 58
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What Is A TAVR (TAVI)? TAVR is a revolutionary new heart valve treatment most commonly used to treat a tight aortic valve, otherwise known as aortic stenosis,. TAVR stands for ‘transcatheter aortic valve replacement’, it is also commonly referred to as TAVI, which stands for ‘transcatheter aortic valve implantation’. TAVR and TAVI are the same thing.…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Valves

Can You Die From a Broken Heart?

May 14, 2015 8792 5
Stephen Russell, MD

heart pain

My wife lost her first love recently. Preceding me by five years, this guy was a constant presence in her house when we met. He shared her bed. He slept on her sofa. He ate her food. Even when I cast questioning glances his way during the early days of our courtship, nothing changed. I…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Chest pain, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), shortness of breath

The Widow Maker Heart Attack:

January 28, 2015 154356 309
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

The widowmaker is the quintessential heart attack. And it’s dangerous. Find out why they call this LAD blockage the widow maker, what you can do to limit the risks of such a heart attack, and how widowmaker heart attacks are treated.

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles Tagged With: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Heart failure, stent

Did That Stent Save My Life?

November 27, 2013 81858 38
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, Featured Articles Tagged With: Angina, Angina pectoris, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart blockage, heart surgery

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