Heart Disease

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Heart News

The latest heart-related news headlines.

• Spiriva Safe, Effective for COPD Patients
• Group Urges Depression Screening for Heart Patients
• Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble
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Heart Disease Feature Story

Fallout Comes Fast From a Fatty Meal

Testing shows that arteries reflect damage from saturated fats

Most everyone rationalizes bad food choices sometimes: It's a special occasion, it's a nice restaurant, they're too tired to cook and on and on. full story»

Heart-Related Illnesses and Conditions

Find information about illnesses and conditions that relate to the heart or search the entire database.

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Heart-Related Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Search complementary and alternative therapies for heart.

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Heart-Related Drug Guide

Search the Drug Guide, an electronic drug reference that provides useful patient education, summaries of more than 2,400 commonly prescribed medications.


Ace Inhibitors
AntiCoagulants
Beta Blockers
Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blockers
Nitrates (Nitroglycerin and Long-Acting Nitrates)

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Medical Tests

Ambulatory Electrocardiography

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Catheterization or Coronary Angiography

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Chest X-Ray

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Echocardiography

Electrocardiography

Exercise Electrocardiography

Homocysteine

Pulse Measurement

Thallium/Technetium (Sestamibi) Cardiac Scan

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