Tag Archives: Heart
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Learn the ABC of heart disease
Dr Chintan Desai and Dr Roger S. Blumenthal at the United States’ Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease recommend ways of keeping your heart healthy
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Innovative heart valve procedure
A breakthrough, minimally invasive medical device is offering an important non-surgical treatment for patients, suffering from a leaky heart valve, who have limited therapeutic options to improve their quality of life
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If you smoke and eat too much – it’s time to stop
Preventing cardiovascular disease begins with healthy habits, as Azadeh Khalilizadeh discovers
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Links between cardiovascular diseases and other conditions
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term for diseases of the heart and circulatory system, but what doctors don’t often have the time to explain is how any existing conditions, lifestyle and genetic profile interact with the disease. Ellie Broughton makes the links, and summarises the mortality statistics and risk factors for the key diseases that lead to or arise from CVD
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Your chest feels heavy, throat feels tight and left arm aches…
Cardiologist Andrew Deaner describes the symptoms of a heart attack and how timely medical intervention saves lives
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Searching for the best way to prolong life
New treatments and technologies are being developed to treat cardiovascular disease, but the debate is still raging over which is best and the most cost-effective, as Rhiannon Smith reports
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Fast response saves lives and prevents disability
They can devastate lives, but treated urgently and with essential clot-busting drugs, the effects of a stroke can be minimised, writes Christian Duffin
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‘Two tiny umbrellas fixed the hole in my heart’
Liz Bestic tells how she survived the stroke that put an end to her Greek island holiday