When any social order is faced with an unpleasant fact of life that is a) unavoidable, and b) unacceptable, a defense mechanism kicks in. This defense mechanism is an unspoken, often subliminal decision to coexist with the unacceptable fact of life, but not to notice it, acknowledge it, or confront it. Some would call this defense mechanism subconscious collusion. I call it Secret Cardiology.
Over the years I have written several articles that address, perhaps more forthrightly than many of my colleagues would consider professionally desirable, selected aspects of Secret Cardiology. Herein follows a list of some of these articles. I have undertaken to reveal these selected topics of Secret Cardiology only because, in these particular instances, I believed that readers of this website would find something materially useful to their own health in the revelations. My colleagues can rest assured, however, that where this belief does not exist I will carry the Secrets to my grave.
- DrRich
Selected Topics in Secret Cardiology
Diagnosing coronary artery disease noninvasively
EECP - A "secret" treatment for angina
Late Restenosis With Drug Coated Stents
Mitral Valve Prolpase (MVP) - Is it overdiagnosed?
The Strange Life of Amiodarone
The Dysautonomias - a family of misunderstood disorders
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVCs)
Patent Foramen Ovale - a problem, or just a lab finding?
Pumphead - Cognitive impairmnent after bypass surgery
