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Chest Pain – Part 3 – Still More Types of Chest Pain?

June 20, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 5 Comments

Chest Pain

As much as I may not want to admit it, there are other things that can cause chest pain other than issues with your cardiovascular system. Most of these things annoy me because they don’t deal with the heart but I can’t deny that they are important. We will spend this post reviewing some of […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Chest pain, Chronic Illness, COPD

Chest Pain – Part 2 – More Chest Pains

June 20, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 8 Comments

When we last spoke, we were discussing angina. We now know what it usually feels like and what it usually means. But there are many other reason to have chest pain, some dangerous and some not. We will spend the next bit of our time today discussing some causes of chest pain not related to […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Aortic valve stenosis, Chest pain, Chronic Illness, Dyspnea, heart disease, shortness of breath

Chest Pain – Part 1 – Angina

June 18, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 29 Comments

Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms that a person can experience. The problem is that not all chest pain is dangerous and not all chest pains are created equal. Some chest pain such as that associated with a heart attack, can be very dangerous. What makes things worse is that each person […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease Tagged With: Angina, Angina pectoris, Chest pain, Cholesterol, Chronic Illness, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Coronary circulation, Diabetes, Dyspnea, EKG, Electrocardiography, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Low-density lipoprotein, shortness of breath, stress test

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 6 – Getting To The Bottom Of It

June 15, 2013 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 4 Comments

By Mustafa Ahmed MD MVP – Controversy and Frustration There are very few conditions that have drawn as much controversy and as much frustration for patients and physicians over the years as mitral valve prolapse. On one hand, if anyone with MVP asks a physician what the significance of their mitral valve prolapse is, they […]

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

Aortic stenosis – What Is It?

June 13, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 6 Comments

  By Julian Booker MD Our body’s primary artery, the aorta, supplies blood to the entire body. The aortic valve allows blood to flow from the heart into the aorta but prevents blood from leaking back into the heart.  In aortic stenosis, sometimes called aortic valve stenosis, the aortic valve does not open normally. This […]

Filed Under: Heart Disease, Heart Valves Tagged With: Angina, Angina pectoris, Anginal Equivalent, Aortic valve, Aortic valve stenosis, Echocardiography, heart disease, Heart failure, heart surgery, heart valve

Cardiac Biomarkers – Is It All About Troponin?

June 2, 2013 by Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD 1 Comment

Question asked by @Saroonahadnan via Twitter: I have question about…what is the first cardiac marker in a heart attack? A troponin or CK-MB? Appreciate your help. Answered by Dr. Guichard: There are three generally accepted cardiac biomarkers that are analyzed as a panel – creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase MB isoform (CK-MB), and cardiac troponin […]

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

PFO anyone?

June 2, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 5 Comments

By Julian Booker MD Help!! It’s an emergency!! I have a hole in my heart!! My last doctor performed an echocardiogram and told me I have a patent foramen ovale (PFO). What does this mean? More importantly, what does this mean for me? The foramen ovale is a shunt that is a necessary component of […]

Filed Under: Heart Valves Tagged With: Atrial septal defect, congenital heart disease, Dyspnea, Echocardiography, EKG, Heart failure, PFO, shortness of breath, Stroke

Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 5 – How Common is it?

May 25, 2013 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 8 Comments

Before reading this, if you haven’t read the first few posts, go ahead and read them so you have a good understanding of what mitral valve prolapse is, and how the valve is affected. Mitral valve prolapse has had several names over the years, including floppy valve syndrome, click syndrome, and click murmur syndrome.  Up […]

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

Heart Failure – How Much Salt Can I Eat?

May 24, 2013 by Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD 25 Comments

By Jason L. Guichard MD, PhD Even though the term “heart failure” sounds incurable and fatal, most patients with heart failure are still able to live long and healthy lives. The key to heart failure management is early diagnosis and treatment, including lifestyle changes. The treatment of heart failure is complex and individualized to each […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Congestive Heart Failure, heart disease, Heart failure

Is it safe to take Viagra with my heart medications?

May 13, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 18 Comments

Sexual activity plays a crucial role in the psychological health and quality of life scores in patients with cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, intimacy is frequently an issue in patient with cardiovascular disease. The causes of sexual dysfunction following myocardial infarction are multiple and include anxiety, depression, medication effect and vascular insufficiency. Regardless of the cause, the […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease Tagged With: heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

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