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Whether you are new to the topic of heart
disease or an old pro, this is the place to find the resources you need. Check out
these sections:
Basic Information on
the Heart and Heart Disease
Preventing Heart
Disease
What You
Should Know About Common Heart Problems
Other Resources
Basic
Information on the Heart and Heart Disease
Preventing Heart Disease
Assessing your own risk for heart disease
To a large extent, people can control most of the the factors that cause heart
disease. To decide which risk factors to focus on, first you should
compute YOUR personal cardiac risk. Here are resources for doing so.
What to do if your cardiac risk is high
If you are at high risk for heart disease, there's a lot you can do to
reduce that risk. Here are some suggestions about where and how to
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Cardiac risk factors and how to control them
Here is information on the risk factors themselves, (including cholesterol, hypertension, poor diet and obesity, smoking,
diabetes or metabolic syndrome, and lack
of exercise,) and what you can do about them.
Cholesterol and triglyceride disorders
High cholesterol and high triglycerides, good cholesterol and bad
cholesterol - they're important but confusing. We try to straighten it
all out here.
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What You Should
Know About Common Heart Problems
Living
with coronary artery disease
Surviving and thriving after you have coronary artery disease means both you and your
doctor have to do the right things. Here's what you need to know about
coronary artery disease, angina, and heart attacks.
Cholesterol and triglyceride disorders
High cholesterol and high triglycerides, good cholesterol and bad
cholesterol - they're important but confusing. We try to straighten it
all out here.
Heart rhythm problems
A primer on the cardiac arrhythmias - PVCs, atrial fibrillation, SVT,
IST, and other heart arrhythmias - their causes, the symptoms they produce,
and how they should be treated.
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Living with heart failure
Study after study show two things: 1) receiving appropriate treatment for
heart failure makes you feel better and live longer, and 2) many doctors fail
to give the appropriate therapy. Here's what you need to know.
Miscellaneous topics related to heart
disorders
Articles on miscellaneous topics including the dysautonomias,
pericarditis, valvular heart disease, and others.
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Other Resources
Frequently asked questions
Brief answers to some of the more common questions on heart disease.
Personal Stories
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