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PAD: When Leg Pain Isn’t Just Leg Pain

January 14, 2021 130 5
Alain Bouchard, MD

Walking, like this elderly woman is doing, is a great part of treating PAD.

Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Munish Goyal, an interventional cardiologist at St. Vincent's, part of Ascension, in a discussion of PAD, or peripheral artery disease. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

Filed Under: Podcast, Vascular Disease

Venous Insufficiency: From Leg Pain to Spider Veins

December 5, 2020 235 10
Alain Bouchard, MD

Vascular insufficiency seen through varicose veins.

Do your legs hurt? Do you have spider veins? Then you've got to tune in to this discussion of venous insufficiency, featuring Dr. Alain Bouchard and special guest Dr. Robert Foster of the Birmingham Heart Clinic. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

Filed Under: Podcast, Vascular Disease

CTEPH: A Curable Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension

October 27, 2020 301 5
David McGiffin, MD

Illustration of very high blood pressure, CTEPH being an example of hypertension.

Join Drs. Alain Bouchard, David McGiffin, and Jason Guichard as they discuss CTEPH — also known as chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Podcast

Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

October 15, 2020 299 5
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

Illustration featuring a heart with a set of lungs.

How does one treat pulmonary arterial hypertension? Following up on last week's episode, What is Pulmonary Hypertension?, Drs. Alain Bouchard, Barry Rayburn, and Jason Guichard discuss the different treatment measures for this widespread issue. Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below if you would like us to include a transcript of…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Podcast

Type 1 Pulmonary Hypertension

October 9, 2020 281 3
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

Illustration depicting pulmonary hypertension, courtesy of the CDC.

In this week's episode, Dr. Alain Bouchard, Dr. Jason Guichard, and Dr. Barry Rayburn discuss a substantial global health issue: Pulmonary Hypertension — specifically, Type 1 Pulmonary Hypertension (PAH). Subscribe to the MyHeart.net Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. Please comment below if you would like us to include a transcript of this episode!

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Podcast

What is Pulmonary Hypertension?

October 9, 2020 734 3
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

A diagram showing the difference between a normal heart and one with pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertension is a substantial global health issue. All age groups are affected, with growing importance in its effect on the elderly. Present estimates suggest a prevalence of ~1% of the global population, which increases up to 10% in individuals 65 years or older. Delayed, incomplete, and inappropriate diagnoses of pulmonary hypertension are common and…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

What is Cardiomegaly?

August 10, 2020 2885 11
Alain Bouchard, MD

Diagram showing a normal heart compared to one with right ventricular hypertrophy.

The term cardiomegaly usually refers to an enlarged heart as seen on imaging tests, usually the chest X-ray. The heart is composed of four chambers, and an enlargement of any of the chambers can result in cardiomegaly. A patient with an irregular heartbeat, such as atrial fibrillation, can have a severe enlargement of the heart's…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Tagged With: cardiomegaly

COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease

June 23, 2020 708 3
Martin Juneau, MD

Originally published April 9, 2020, on observatoireprevention.org OVERVIEWPeople with cardiovascular disease are more likely to develop the more severe forms of COVID-19, which significantly increases the mortality rate of this disease.In addition to being an important risk factor for COVID-19, cardiovascular disease can also be a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection.Patients with severe COVID-19 frequently…

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Heart Disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Medical News, Vascular Disease

Stroke: What You Need to Know

May 22, 2019 6488 18
Alain Bouchard, MD

What is a Stroke? A stroke is a medical emergency. It is similar to a heart attack for the brain. It occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is interrupted, resulting in oxygen starvation to the brain cells which can no longer perform their task whether it is memory, vision, or muscle control.…

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

What Causes High Blood Pressure? – Explained By A Cardiologist

April 22, 2018 8812 10
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

blood pressure and diet

What Causes High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure may be caused by a number of factors that include environmental exposures, genetics, lifestyle factors, activity levels, medications both prescribed and non prescribed and a number of medical conditions. What Causes High Blood Pressure – Our Exposures When we think about what causes high blood pressure, a…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Risk & Prevention

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