Anticoagulants
Anticoagulants or blood thinners are used in heart disease after valve replacements and for preventing clotting after embolic events. A descriptive account of the different drugs, monitoring dosage and side effects.

Aspirin and Heart Attack
Aspirin prevents heart attacks and stroke in high risk patients.

Aspirin - Should you take a daily dose?
An article from the Mayo Clinic on the benefits and risks of aspirin as preventive therapy for heart disease.

Not enough people taking aspirin for heart benefits
Study shows that there are many who may benefit from taking aspirin regularly, but who are not doing it.

Aspirin and heart disease
Experts from the Mayo Clinic answer questions on the role of aspirin in heart disease prevention.

Chelation Therapy
The new method of leaching away plaque calcium from diseased coronary arteries.

Calcium channel blockers
Used in angina and high blood pressure, these drugs have unique properties and adverse affects.

Calcium channel blockers: the real story
A detailed account of the types of calcium channel blocking drugs and their use in different kinds of heart disease, from the Mayo Clinic.

Calcium channel blockers - Are they safe?
A look at some of the risks of taking calcium blocker drugs for heart disease.

Getting to the heart of the matter - A closer look at chelation therapy
Much has been said and written about chelation therapy for atherosclerosis. Get a synopsis from the Mayo Clinic website.

Digitalis
The wonder drug of cardiology, this medicine is now being used restrictively after research showed its usefulness to be limited.

Gene therapy research - Hope for future treatment of atherosclerosis
A look at the exciting new advances in treatment options for atherosclerotic disease of the coronary arteries, from the Mayo Clinic.

Lipitor - A new cholesterol-lowering drug
An account of this new drug used to treat hypercholesterolemia, from the Mayo Clinic website.

Medical follow up for fen-phen and Redux users
This article stresses the importance of medical follow up for Fenfluramine and Redux users.

Thrombolysis
Simple descriptions of what a thrombus is, what thrombolysis is, and what drugs are used to dissolve the thrombus.