Category: heart-letter

Exercise-related heart deaths are rare, accounting for just 5% of cases of sudden cardiac arrest (when the heart suddenly stops working).

My cardiologist told me to take clopidogrel for a year after I received a stent. Now the year is up. I haven?t had any bleeding problems. Should I keep taking it?

Hazy, hot, and humid weather puts extra stress on the heart, which has to work harder than usual to cool off the body. Higher temperatures also make air pollution worse, which also slightly raises the risk of a heart attack.

Can you explain exactly what ?ejection fraction? means? And is there any way to increase it?

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) not only saves lives, it may also help survivors of cardiac arrest return to work.

A Mediterranean diet – enhanced with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts – may help improve memory and thinking skills in addition to preventing cardiovascular problems.

People who are divorced may be more likely to have a heart attack than those who stay married. The trend appears to be stronger in women: their risk rises with additional divorces and remains elevated even if they remarry.

Shared genetic links between genes that affect a person’s height and the risk of heart disease may partly explain why shorter people are more likely to have clogged arteries than taller people.

Computed tomography angiography is one of several techniques used to evaluate people with chest pain. It’s faster and easier to endure than other tests, but it requires radiation exposure and provides no clear long-term advantages.

Heart disease and kidney failure are linked by two powerful underlying risk factors: diabetes and high blood pressure, each of which damages the heart and kidneys independently.