Diet, exercise, rest and smart lifestyle choices all work together in helping you maintain a healthy heart and vascular system. It is no surprise that decreasing salt in the diet and eating healthier food reduces the probability of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. Likewise, eliminating smoking and other bad habits helps, as does … Devamını oku
Approximately 103 million Americans have high blood pressure (hypertension). That figure, based on the American Heart Association’s recent guidelines, represents an increase of nearly 11 percent from 2005 to 2015. The fact that people are living longer than ever before contributes to this statistic. Aside from the health risks commonly associated with high blood pressure, … Devamını oku
It is expected that out of the approximate 660,000 Americans who will have a heart attack for the first time this year, 85% will survive. Aspirin is often a component of treatment regimens for those with heart disease. About twenty percent of American adults take aspirin and many of them use it as part of … Devamını oku
In follow up to our article of last week in which we discussed the enormous impact of secondhand smoke on children, we want to again encourage smokers to quit by illustrating how quickly health benefits begin when you stop smoking. According to the American Heart Association, you become healthier the very day you quit. The … Devamını oku
Because tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide, we as physicians consistently counsel our patients that quitting smoking is critical to avoiding disease and likely the single most important choice they can make to improve their health. But quitting smoking is also important because of the impact that secondhand smoke has on your children. According … Devamını oku
Being physically active is one of the most important choices we can make to keep ourselves healthy. Exercising can help prevent both heart disease (the nation’s number 1 killer) and stroke (the national number 5 killer), and has a significant overall impact on each of the risk factors that contribute to them. Because the heart … Devamını oku
The heart is a muscle that relies on a steady flow of oxygen-rich blood through its chambers to nourish it and to allow it to keep pumping as it should. When blockages occur in the arteries that deliver blood to the heart and blood flow is interrupted, the result is a heart attack. The areas … Devamını oku
The number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to double in the next 20-30 years. This means that the percentage of the population that suffers from heart disease will also rise dramatically. It is important for physicians involved in the treatment of these patients to focus not only on medical management of … Devamını oku
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICD – also known as pacemakers – are fairly straightforward devices implanted in patients who have irregular heartbeats in order to maintain normal heart rhythms. After local anesthesia is administered, a small incision is made in the upper left chest where the device is inserted. Then a thin wire on the … Devamını oku
While most of us likely believe that our chronological age applies to our heart, researchers have recently discovered that this is not the case. Less than 2 years ago, a new heart health concept emerged in the cardiovascular medical community known as “heart age”, which is a simplified way for cardiologists to identify your risk for … Devamını oku