Category: heart-letter

Brief updates on controlling heart rate with medication, quality of heart attack care at night and on weekends, and vitamin D’s importance to the heart and arteries.

Research suggests that a family history of heart attack is another factor that should be considered in estimating a person’s own heart attack risk.

Sometimes I walk while wearing my blood pressure cuff. At first my systolic blood pressure rises while my heart rate hardly changes. But when I start walking faster, my pressure stays steady while my heart rate increases to 110. Is this a normal pattern?

A study comparing the two methods of repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm found differences in survival rates after the first month, but after several years survival rates for both groups were approximately the same.

I like smoked salmon and kippered herring, and thought that eating them was good for me. But I read in another health newsletter that the smoking process destroys all the heart-healthy omega-3 fats. Is that true?

People who undergo an angioplasty typically stay in the hospital overnight, but at some hospitals patients who meet strict criteria are now being allowed to go home the same day.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a thickening of the heart’s inner dividing wall that can weaken the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively. Though its effects vary considerably, many people are able to live normally with the condition.

I have been diagnosed with venous insufficiency. What does that mean?

People who take a statin after a hemorrhagic stroke may be at a slightly higher risk of having another stroke, but this potential risk may be outweighed by the protection against heart attack provided by a statin.

Brief updates on coughing as a side effect of a type of blood pressure medication, waist circumference as an indicator of longevity, and a possible correlation between multiple miscarriages and increased risk of heart attack.