Heart Disease
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WHY I NEED A PACEMAKER
Pacemakers are one type of implantable cardiac device. There are several (see below) such devices, but pacemakers are the type…
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TREATING LEFT MAIN CORONARY DISEASE
As I recently discussed in the coronary anatomy article, the left coronary artery begins as a large single vessel, the…
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CORONARY ARTERY ANATOMY, EKG CHANGES FROM CORONARY DISEASE
The Coronary Arteries are the arterial vessels that supply oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium, the heart muscle. Oxygen must be…
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POST MI BETA BLOCKERS? NO ONE CAN DECIDE
The proverbial pendulum must be getting confused about which way to swing! At least that seems to be true in…
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PATIENT? No: 3
Case three is a 66 year old male smoker who presents to the ER with 24 hours of chest pain.…
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CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES CHANGE AGAIN
We’re all keenly aware of the role cholesterol plays in the development of arteriosclerosis. It forms the core, or the…
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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND STENTS
I just read an article on medscape.com that referred to changes that may be coming in the long-term prevention and…
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THE CORNEAL REFLEX
There is an important, but simple, diagnostic procedure doctors do frequently but don’t talk about very much. This procedure, called…
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WOMEN AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Last year, the American Heart Association updated their hypertension guidelines for women. They established four groups of hypertensive patients based…
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MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, the two largest organizations dedicated to the prevention and treatment…
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