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Pulmonary Embolism – The Killer Clot in the Lungs

January 20, 2016 204733 34
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

pulmonary-embolism

What is a Pulmonary Embolism? A pulmonary embolism is the term for a clot trapped in the lung. It is often referred to simply as PE, which of course is short for pulmonary embolism. The clot that is trapped in the lung leads to blockage of blood flow and can be extremely dangerous if not…

Filed Under: Vascular Disease

Ideal Blood Pressure – What Do the New Guidelines Say?

March 16, 2015 51649 20
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

blood pressure guidelines

Blood pressure is perhaps the most accurate “2 minute” health test that exists. However, what used to be considered a healthy diastolic or systolic count isn’t necessarily still the same. Get up to date with the most recent blood pressure guidelines released by the World Health Organization & Center for Disease Control. It’s information worth knowing!

Filed Under: General Health, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Chronic Illness

Amlodipine Side Effects – What To Expect

June 20, 2014 153141 22
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Amlodipine Side Effects

The most likely reason to be started on amlodipine is for blood pressure control. It causes relaxation and dilation of the blood vessels leading to lowering of blood pressure. The other reason people are started on amlodipine is for control of chest pain in people with coronary artery disease, amlodipine is thought to achieve this…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Vascular Disease Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Stroke – Part 1 – Types of Stroke

September 9, 2013 6455 0
Dr. Julian Booker

By Julian Booker MD Stroke falls under the category of cerebrovascular disease meaning disease involving the blood vessels of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord and visual system). We all know someone that has had a stroke but many of us do not know what a stroke is. I have heard people refer to…

Filed Under: Vascular Disease Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Blood pressure, Chronic Illness, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Hypertension

June 27, 2013 18611 2
Dr. Julian Booker

Hypertension aka High Blood Pressure

Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, is the condition where one or both of your blood pressure values are elevated. When looking at your blood pressure recording you will notice two numbers. The top and bottom numbers of your blood pressure measurement are called the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure respectively. For years,…

Filed Under: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Tagged With: Blood pressure, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Heart failure, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

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