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Aortic disease
- THE CHRONIC LEAKY AORTIC VALVE
- ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Dr. Adam Beck
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease with Dr. Kyle Eudailey
- Mick Jagger’s Heart Surgery — Explained by a Cardiologist
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms In Women Are More Dangerous Than In Men
- WHAT DOES CARDIAC CT SHOW?
Cardiac Arrhythmias
- My Watch Told Me to Go to the Hospital
- Cardiac MRI Scans in Patients with Pacemaker Defibrillators
- Fast Heart Rate – Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
- Low Heart Rate – Bradycardia Explained by a Heart Doctor
- Watchman Device – Explained and FAQ’s Answered by a Cardiologist
- Heart Ablation – Explained by a Cardiologist
- Holter Monitor Explained by a Cardiologist
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest – What is it and what can you do about it?
- Eliquis versus Warfarin – Which is Best?
- Heart Flutter
- Vasovagal Syncope – What You Need To Know
- Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia
- Sinus Arrhythmia – What Is It?
- PVC Heart Beats – Are They Dangerous?
- Afib with RVR – When The Heart Races Out Of Control
- Atrial Fibrillation – Part 2 – Blood thinners
- Atrial Fibrillation – Part 1 – What is it?
Complementary Medicine
Coronary Artery Disease
- Cardiac CT: From Prognosis to Diagnosis with Dr. Satinder P. Singh
- Coronary Microvascular Disease with Dr. Janet Wei
- What to Expect: Nuclear Stress Test
- An Increase in Cardiovascular Disease on the Horizon?
- Gene Therapy for Heart Failure
- How long should I take my Plavix after stenting?
- Not All Heart Attacks Are Created Equal
- Acute Coronary Syndrome – Explained By A Cardiologist
- Heart Function Including Ejection Fraction (EF)
- What is the best coronary stent for our patients?
- Can heart attack damage be reversed?
- Robotic Assisted PCI Heart Stent Placement – Explained By A Cardiologist
- Stem cells in the treatment of a heart attack: a Non-STEMI
- Surviving a Heart Attack: the Big One!
- Cholesterol treatment and atherosclerosis: a new frontier
- CT Coronary Artery Calcium Heart Scan – The Facts
- Look Inside The Heart Arteries
- Can Heart Disease Be Reversed?
- The New Disappearing Absorb Heart Stent
- Heart Bypass Surgery Explained In Incredible Pictures
- Open Heart Surgery – Incredible Picture Guide!
- How Long Does Heart Bypass Surgery Last?
- Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack
- Exercise in Coronary Artery Disease
- Can You Die From a Broken Heart?
- What’s a NSTEMI? Non ST Segment Myocardial Infarction
- High Blood Cholesterol – What Do the New Guidelines Say?
- The LAD Artery – Left Anterior Descending Artery
- The LAD Artery
- The Widow Maker Heart Attack
- A Guide to STEMI (ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction) Heart Attacks
- Coronary Artery Disease Overview
- Predicting a Heart Attack – What are the Chances?
- The Widowmaker Part II –Heart Hanging by a String
- Troponin Levels – The Heart Attack Blood Test
- Earlobe Crease And Heart Disease – Fact Or Myth?
- Plavix Side Effects – What To Expect
- Heart Blockage – Explained With Pictures!
- Can You Exercise After A Heart Attack?
- How To Survive A Heart Attack
- Depression and Heart Disease – A Killer Combination
- Did That Stent Save My Life?
- Exercise With Heart Disease – Is it Safe and Should I Be Doing It?
- Chest Pain – Part 3 – Still More Types of Chest Pain?
- Chest Pain – Part 2 – More Chest Pains
- Chest Pain – Part 1 – Angina
- Cardiac Biomarkers – Is It All About Troponin?
- Is it safe to take Viagra with my heart medications?
- High Triglycerides and My Heart
- When can I have sex after a heart attack?
Diet & Nutrition
- STATIN VS SUPPLEMENTS FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL
- Is Creatine Monohydrate Bad For You? Q&A With a Heart Specialist
- FITNESS AND FATNESS: HOW EXCESS FAT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEART
- Fatness and Fitness with Chip Lavie
- TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY
- Weight Loss with Dr. Tim Garvey
- Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
- A Pro-Inflammatory Diet Increases the Risk of Dementia
- Choosing the Right Sources of Carbohydrates is Essential for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
- Intermittent Fasting with Courtney Peterson, PhD
- Why Do the Japanese Have the Highest Life Expectancy in the World?
- Olive Oil, the Best Source of Fat for Cooking
- Living a Healthy Lifestyle with Dr. Martha Gulati
- Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Reduce Certain Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- The Cardiovascular Benefits of Soy
- Eggs: To Consume with Moderation
- Plant or Animal Proteins: An Impact on Health
- Spicing Up the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with Chili Peppers
- Pure Fruit Juices: Sugary Drinks Like Any Other?
- Anti-Aging Effect of a Healthy Lifestyle
- Diet And High Blood Pressure
- Are Multivitamins Effective?
- Garcinia Cambogia Extract – What You Need To Know
- Benefits of Coffee : Getting To The Heart Of The Matter
- High Fat Diet – What To Eat
- Low Carb Diets and Cholesterol Levels – When High Fat Isn’t Bad
- The Insulin Resistance Diet – Fat, Fat and More Fat
- Do Artificial Sweeteners Cause Insulin Release?
- Are Carbohydrates The Real Enemy?
- Is Soda Really the Leading Cause of Obesity?
- Are Sports Drinks Better Than Water? – The Truth Exposed
- Does Protein Make You Gain Muscle? You’ll Be Surprised
- Read If You Can’t Lose Weight Whatever You Try!
- Is The Paleo Diet The Best For Weight Loss?
- Heart Failure – How Much Salt Can I Eat?
- Weight Loss Secrets – What’s in my food?
Exercise
- Cardiac Rehab with Dr. Chip Lavie
- Standing Up is Still Doing a Little Exercise!
- Effects of Cold on Cardiovascular Health
- Gradual Return to Physical Activity After Recovering from COVID-19
- Gut Microbiota: An Important Factor in the Effectiveness of Exercise to Prevent and Mitigate Diabetes
- Can Regular Exercise Compensate for Long Periods Spent Sitting?
- What is a Normal Heart Rate?
- HIIT – High Intensity Interval Training
- Exercise & Heart Disease – Why it is Essential
- Deadlifts – The Ultimate Guide
- Metformin Weight Loss – Does it Work?
- Science of Exercise: Basal Metabolic Rate
- Sexy Abs – Free And Guaranteed Program
- How To Gain Muscle Fast Without Drugs
- Can You Gain Muscle Fast Without Using Drugs?
- How To Start Exercising And Succeed
- How Exercise Can Save Your Life
- The Fastest Way To Get A Six Pack – Medically Proven
- Exercises To Help Knee Arthritis And Pain
- Should Children Lift Weights? The Evidence Explored
- Will Muscle Turn into Fat if You Stop Lifting Weights?
- The Benefits Of Weight Training
- How Much Exercise Should I Do?
- The Benefits Of Exercise
General Health
- What is a TIA? Transient Ischemic Attack Explained
- CAR T Cell Therapy and Its Cardiovascular Effects
- The Social Environment, Essential for Mental and Physical Health
- Disparities in Healthcare with Randy Granata, RN-BC, DNP
- Free N99 Face Masks for Healthcare Practitioners – A Call to Action with Dr. David Fieno
- Marked Decline in Youth Smoking Rates (Contrary to What the Headlines Say)
- DO vs MD – What’s the Difference?
- Why Women’s Hearts are Different
- What is a murmur?
- Sauna Benefits – Is It Good For Your Heart Health?
- Treatment of High Blood Pressure: When Medicines Don’t Work
- Heart Attacks In Women
- Heart Disease Risk Factors
- Sarcopenia – Age Related Muscle Loss
- What is Smegma?: A Guide to the Unappetizing Biofluid That is Smegma
- 4 Sleep Hygiene Tips for Ultimate Productivity
- Ideal Blood Pressure – What Do the New Guidelines Say?
- How to Become a Cardiologist
- Itchy Feet – Causes and Cures
- So You’re Exposed to Ebola. Now What?
- Marijuana And Heart Disease – A Word Of Caution
- Understanding Kidney Disease
Heart Disease
- Heart Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors with Drs. Wendy Bottinor & Carrie Lenneman
- Cardio-Oncology 101 with Dr. Yan Liu
- The Breast Cancer and Heart Disease Connection with Dr. Ramey Marshell
- OCT and Virtual Reality: A Conversation with Dr. Nick West of Abbott
- Atrial Fibrillation: Rhythm Control Including Ablation with Dr. Richard Vest
- Atrial Fibrillation: What Your Heart is Trying to Tell You with Dr. Richard Vest
- Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock Using ECMO with Dr. Jason Guichard
- Cardiogenic Shock with Dr. Jason Guichard
- Women and Stress Cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo
- Enlarged Heart – Explained By A Cardiologist
- Heart Murmur – Explained By A Cardiologist
- Heart Pain – FAQ’s Answered By A Cardiologist
- UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION INCLUDING HYPERTENSION EMERGENCIES
- How Long Does an Echocardiogram Take?
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – Symptoms and Treatment
- Heart Valve Surgery – Mechanical Vs. Bioprosthetic – Which Is Better?
- My Child Passes Out
- Structural Heart Disease Fellowship at Princeton Baptist Medical Center – 2018 Updated
- What To Expect as a Patient in the Cath Lab
- Cocaine Heart Damage
- RVSP – Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure
- Structural Heart Disease
- Huff Puff: Why you might be short of breath
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – The Definitive Guide
- Right Heart Catheterization
- Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery – Commonly Asked Questions
- Atrial Septal Defect – Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- The Four Valves of the Heart Explained
- Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation – What You Need To Know
- The MitraClip – Treatment for a Leaky Heart Valve
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve – All You Need To Know
- Aortic Sclerosis – Is it Dangerous?
- Heart Disease by the Numbers
- What is Heart Failure? – Everything You Need To Know
- Aortic stenosis – What Is It?
Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies
- Stem Cells in Heart Failure with Dr. Emerson Perin
- Sudden Death: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Dr. Michelle Kittleson
- HFpEF: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Drs. Shane Nanayakkara and Jason Guichard
- LVAD: Left Ventricular Assist Device with Drs. Jason Guichard and David McGiffin
- Remote Patient Monitoring in Heart Failure with Dr. Jason Guichard
- Amyloidosis: Treating a Rare Disease with Dr. Jason Guichard
- COVID-19 and Children with Dr. Mark Law
- Signs Of A Heart Attack – Explained By A Cardiologist
- Stem Cells in the Treatment of Heart Failure
- Broken Heart Syndrome
- Pericardial Effusion: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
- Diastolic Heart Failure
Heart Health
- When Cancer and Blood Clots Collide with Dr. Yan Liu
- COVID-19 and the Heart with Dr. David Fieno
- Heart Monitors – What every patient needs to know
- Chest Pain in Kids: Explained by a Pediatric Cardiologist
- Heart Attack vs Panic Attack: Which am I Having?
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
- Can Alcohol Make You Live Longer?
- Should I Take an Aspirin Every Day?
Heart Valves
- Medical Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Dr. Jason Guichard
- Mitral Clip: Everything You Ever Needed to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed
- Mitral Regurgitation
- TAVR: Everything You Wanted to Know with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve In Ring Procedure – TMVIR
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement – TMVR Explained
- Robotic Heart Surgery – Ultimate Guide For Patients
- Double Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty – Incredible Picture Guide
- Aortic Regurgitation – A Leaky Aortic Valve
- Mitral Stenosis – A Tight Mitral Valve
- Aortic Stenosis a Tight Aortic Valve – A Comprehensive Patient Guide
- Paravalvular Leak – A Guide for Patients
- How to do the MitraClip Procedure – A Complete Guide
- Mitral Valve Repair Surgery – What You Need To Know
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), aka a Hole In The Heart
- Mitral Annular Calcification
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Mitral Insufficiency)
- Leaky Heart Valve – When The Mitral Valve Fails
- Can Mitral Valve Prolapse Cause Death?
- Can Medicines Help My Mitral Valve?
- Do I Need Antibiotics For Dental Work With Mitral Valve Prolapse?
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 6 – Getting To The Bottom Of It
- PFO anyone?
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 5 – How Common is it?
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 4 – Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 3 – The Dreaded ‘Flail leaflet’
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 2 – The Valve
- Mitral Valve Prolapse – Part 1 – The Basics
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Hypertension with Dr. Suzanne Oparil
- Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Dr. Barry Rayburn
- Type 1 Pulmonary Hypertension with Dr. Barry Rayburn
- What Causes High Blood Pressure? – Explained By A Cardiologist
- High Blood Pressure and Headache – Is There A Relationship?
- Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect
- Hypertension
Medical News
Podcast
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia with Dr. Pradeep Natarajan
- Arts in Health with Dr. Julian Owens
- HDL Conundrum with Dr John J.P. Kastelein
- Non-Statin Treatment for LDL Cholesterol with Dr. John J.P. Kastelein
- LP(a) with Dr. Leslie Cho
- Reasons for Geographic And Racial Difference in Strokes
- Leaky Mitral Valve
- Leaky Aortic Valve
- STATIN VS SUPPLEMENTS FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL WITH STEVEN NISSEN
- Echocardiography with Nelson Schiller: Past, Present, and Future
- CAR T Cell Therapy with Dr. Amit Mehta & Dr. Carrie Lenneman
- Prostate Cancer and Cardiology with Drs. Michael Bivins, Mollie deShazo, & Carrie Lenneman
- PTSD in Hospital Workers with Lyndsey Robinson
- Late Cardiac Effects After Stem Cell Transplant with Drs. Wendy Bottinor & Carrie Lenneman
- PAD: When Leg Pain Isn’t Just Leg Pain with Dr. Munish Goyal
- PVC Heartbeats: When to Treat with Dr. Jose Osorio
- Venous Insufficiency: From Leg Pain to Spider Veins with Dr. Robert Foster
- Pulmonary Embolism: The Killer Clot in the Lungs with Dr. David McGiffin
- The Future of the Cardiac Transplant with Dr. David McGiffin
- Dementia Prevention: Where Do We Go from Here with Dr. Louis Bherer
- Dementia and Exercise: Prevention Through Exertion with Dr. Louis Bherer
- Heart Transplant: A Comprehensive Overview with Dr. David McGiffin
- Cardiac MRI: What to Expect with Dr. David Fieno
Risk & Prevention
- 10 Lifestyle Habits of Super Heart Healthy People
- What is the Age of My Heart? – Calculate Your Own Heart Age
- Is Chocolate Good For Your Heart?
- Prediabetes – What is it and Who is at Risk?
- The 35-45 year old health check – (Part III) – The Physical Examination
- The 35-45 Year Old Health Check – (Part 2)- The History
- The 35-45 Year-Old Health Check – (Part 1) – Why is it so important?
- The Obesity Epidemic – Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
- The Fish Oil Diaries – Part 2 – Supplements and a Western diet
- Is Fish Oil Good For The Heart?
- Is Vitamin D Important for your Heart?
- High Cholesterol – Part 1 – Should I Take A Statin?
Tests & Investigations
- Echocardiogram vs. EKG – Explained By A Cardiologist
- What Does An Echocardiogram Show?
- The Echo Board Exam – Everything You Need to Know to Pass
- Tilt Test – Tilt Table Test Explained!
- Do I Need A Stress Test ? – Why It’s Not That Simple
- What Is A Stress Test?
- Echocardiography – Part 1 – What is an echocardiogram
- How often should I have an Echocardiogram?
- How Often Should I Have a Stress Test?
Uncategorized
Vascular Disease
- Aortic Aneurysm – What You Need To Know
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Endarterectomy
- Varicose Veins: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Symptoms of Blood Clot in Leg
- Blood clot in lung: Should you worry?
- Pulmonary Embolism – The Killer Clot in the Lungs
- Stroke – Part 1 – Types of Stroke
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