QRS Duration and Mortality in Congestive Heart Failure Patients
QRS prolongation is an independent predictor of increased total mortality and sudden death in heart failure patients.
Category : Heart Diseases : Health & Medical
Heart Healthy Diet Plan
A heart healthy diet is one that considers the causes that lead to heart diseases, and includes food and nutrition needed to prevent such causes. Know what you should not have been eating all this while, and start your healthy heart plan today by replacing them with healthier alternatives.
Heart Attacks in Middle-Aged Women: Signs and Risks
WebMD identifies risks and signs of heart attacks in middle-aged women and why more U.S. women are experiencing heart attacks in middle age.
Heart Disease Health Center
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Hospital Heart Attack Deaths Dropping
Heart attack-related deaths following hospital admission have declined dramatically over the past six years, thanks to new medical treatments and better utilization of old ones.
Isolated LV Non-Compaction Controversies in Diagnostic Criteria
Isolated left ventricular non-compaction is a myocardial disorder characterized by prominent ventricular trabeculations. What do you need to know about this form of cardiomyopathy?
Natural Remedies For High Cholesterol - Just How Effective Are They?
If you are someone who is looking for a non-drug therapy to treat your cholesterol problems, here is some good news for you - there are some very good natural remedies for high cholesterol available on the market today. These remedies have highly effective natural ingredients that can lower your cho
Understanding Triglycerides - How Important is It?
Triglycerides are how fats are moved around in the body. They are found in all types of fats, whether plant or animal. While excessive numbers are bad for us, we're encouraged to eat at least some.
Heart Transplant Life Expectancy
Heart transplant is a surgical procedure wherein a diseased heart is replaced by a healthy heart. Blood circulation is controlled by an external pump while the donor heart is connected to the major blood vessels.
Cardiac Pathologic Findings Reveal a High Rate of Sudden Cardiac
In younger women, despite autopsy and detailed cardiac pathologic examination, an attributable cause of sudden cardiac death was not determined in 50% of cases; a 2-fold increase compared to men.
Heart Disease, Alzheimer's Linked by Common Risk Factors
Study finds diabetes, smoking and obesity also affect brain areas tied in memory
Cost-Utility of LVAD for End-Stage Heart Failure
Find out more about the economics of end-stage heart failure management with LVADs.
Is the "Direct" Approach Best?
Stenting was initially popularized as a means of salvaging a failed balloon angioplasty procedure. However, as randomized trials demonstrated favorable outcomes with stenting, routine stent implantation became the norm.
Heart Drug Treatment
If you suffer from one of the many forms of heart disease, you are certainly not alone. The American Heart Association reports that as of 2006, 80 million Americans had at least one form of cardiovascular-related diseases. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, ca
2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
Heart failure guideline revisions cover patient care from diagnosis to treatment and then some . . .
There Is No Such Thing As Bad Cholesterol
Finally some will state the truth about what cholesterol is and is not. You have been lied to, and you may pay the price of your life if you cannot break out of the brain-washing you have endured.
Safety and Efficacy of Unfractionated Heparin Versus Enoxaparin
Enoxaparin reduced the rate of death/MI/urgent revascularization in the subgroups of patients who were obese, patients who were not obese, and patients without renal insufficiency.
The SCRIPPS Trial
What is the effectiveness of this new modality in restenotic stented human coronary arteries?
Heart Disease and Antiplatelet Drugs
WebMD examines antiplatelet drugs, a group of powerful medications that prevent the formation of blood clots. Learn more about antiplatelet drugs and heart disease.
Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (PROVE IT-TIMI 22) Trial
Could myeloid-related protein 8/14 be a useful biomarker of platelet and inflammatory disease activity in atherothrombosis? If so, could it be a novel target for therapy in ACS patients?