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Atrial Fibrillation (27)
Articles and links about atrial fibrillation

Cholesterol, triglycerides (42)
The blood lipids - cholesterol and triglycerides - are vitally important in preventing and treating heart disease. Here's what you need to know.

Coronary Artery Disease (195)
Articles and links on coronary artery disease, its consequences and its treatment.

Drugs for Heart Disease (49)
Articles and links about drugs that are commonly used for heart disease - statins, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, amiodarone, digoxin, and more.

Exercise and Heart Disease (21)
The importance of exercise in preventing and treating heart disease.

Heart Healthy Diet (7)
Here are articles dealing with the raging controversy over what constitutes a "heart healthy diet" - low fats, low carbs, or something else?

Heart Valve Disease (12)
Heart valve disease - its causes and treatments.

High Blood Pressure (19)
Here are articles and links on hypertension - the diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure.

Living With Heart Failure (80)
Heart failure - the causes, the treatment, and what you can do to improve your outcome.

Pacemakers & Defibrillators (20)
Articles and links about cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.

Palpitations & Arrhythmias (78)
Articles and links about the heart arrhythmias, and palpitations and other symptoms caused by arrhythmias.

Reducing Cardiac Risk (169)
We can greatly reduce our risk of developing many types of heart disease by changing our behavior. Here are methods for lowering our chances of developing heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular disorders.

Surgery, congenital, & more (135)
Articles and links about less common heart problems - congenital heart disease, pericardial disease, dysautonomia, and more - as well as heart tests.

Syncope (fainting) (13)
Articles and links about syncope (fainting) and related symptoms.

Women & Heart Disease (21)
Articles and links related to women and heart disease

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