Heart and circulation

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Adenosine for fast heart rates

Aldosterone receptor antagonists: Diuretics for heart failure

Ambulatory Electrocardiogram

Anesthesia

Angioedema, Hereditary

Angiogram

Angiogram of the Head and Neck

Angiogram of the Lung

Angioplasty for coronary artery disease

Angioplasty for peripheral arterial disease of the legs

Angioplasty with stent placement for heart attack and unstable angina

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) for high blood pressure

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for coronary artery disease

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for heart attack and unstable angina

Ankle-brachial index test

Antiarrhythmic medications for atrial fibrillation

Antiarrhythmic medications for fast heart rates

Antiarrhythmics for congenital heart defects

Anticoagulants for aortic and mitral valve regurgitation

Anticoagulants for coronary artery disease

Anticoagulants for heart attack and unstable angina

Anticoagulants for pulmonary embolism

Anticoagulants for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Antiplatelet medicine for heart attack and unstable angina

Antiplatelet medicines for peripheral arterial disease

Antiplatelets for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Aortic Aneurysm

Aortic Valve Regurgitation

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Aortic valve stenosis: Should I have surgery?

Aortobifemoral bypass for peripheral arterial disease

Arterial Blood Gases

Arteriovenous Malformation

Arteritis, Giant Cell

Arteritis, Takayasu

Arturo's Story: Getting Support for Making a Change

Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)

Aspirin for coronary artery disease

Aspirin for heart attack and unstable angina

Aspirin for mitral valve regurgitation

Aspirin for peripheral arterial disease

Aspirin for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Atherectomy for coronary artery disease

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation: Should I take anticoagulants to prevent stroke?

Atrial fibrillation: Should I try electrical cardioversion?

Atrial Septal Defects

Atrioventricular Septal Defect

Banti's Syndrome

Beta-blockers for atrial fibrillation

Beta-blockers for coronary artery disease

Beta-blockers for fast heart rates

Beta-blockers for heart attack and unstable angina

Beta-blockers for heart failure

Beta-blockers for high blood pressure

Beta-blockers for mitral valve prolapse

Beta-Blockers for Systolic Heart Failure

Bile acid sequestrants for high cholesterol

Binswanger's Disease

Blood Thinners for Heart Failure

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome

Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)

Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Test

Budd Chiari Syndrome

Buerger's Disease

Bupropion hydrochloride (Zyban) for quitting smoking

Calcium channel blockers for atrial fibrillation

Calcium channel blockers for coronary artery disease

Calcium channel blockers for fast heart rates

Calcium channel blockers for heart attack and unstable angina

Calcium channel blockers for heart failure

Calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Calcium Scoring

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Cardiac glycosides for congenital heart defects

Cardiac Perfusion Scan

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Carotid Artery Stenting

Carotid endarterectomy for TIA and stroke

Catecholamines in Blood

Catecholamines in Urine

Catheter ablation for a fast heart rate

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Cavernous Malformation

Central Venous Catheters

Change in Heartbeat

Chest Problems

Chest X-ray

Cholesterol absorption inhibitors for high cholesterol

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Cilostazol for peripheral arterial disease

Clonidine (Catapres) for quitting smoking

Compression Stockings to Treat Varicose Veins

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan of the Body

Computed Tomography Angiogram (CT Angiogram)

Congenital Heart Defects

Cor Triatriatum

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

Coronary artery bypass surgery for coronary artery disease

Coronary Artery Disease

Corticosteroids for lupus

Corticosteroids for polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis

C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Degos Disease

Determining the Need for Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery

Digoxin for atrial fibrillation

Digoxin for fast heart rates

Digoxin for heart failure

Digoxin for mitral valve regurgitation

Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery, Idiopathic

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Direct renin inhibitors for high blood pressure

Diuretics for congenital heart defects

Diuretics for heart failure

Diuretics for high blood pressure

Dizziness: Lightheadedness and Vertigo

Doppler Ultrasound

Drug-Eluting Stents

Echocardiogram

Edema, Idiopathic

Eisenmenger Syndrome

Electrical cardioversion (defibrillation) for a fast heart rate

Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation

Electrocardiogram

Electrophysiology Study

Endocarditis

End-of-life care: Should I receive CPR and life support?

Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Erythromelalgia

Exercise Electrocardiogram

Exercise Tips if You Have a Pacemaker or ICD

Fainting

Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Femoral-tibial bypass surgery for peripheral arterial disease

Femoropopliteal bypass (fem-pop bypass) for peripheral arterial disease

Fibric acid derivatives for high cholesterol

Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Galloway-Mowat Syndrome

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for heart attack and unstable angina

Headache, Cluster

Headaches in Children

Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet

Heart Attack and Unstable Angina

Heart attack: Should I take daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke?

Heart catheterization for congenital heart defects

Heart disease risk: Should I have a coronary calcium scan?

Heart disease: Eating a heart-healthy diet

Heart disease: Exercising for a healthy heart

Heart disease: Should I have an angiogram?

Heart disease: Should I have angioplasty for stable angina?

Heart disease: Should I have bypass surgery?

Heart disease: Walking for a healthy heart

Heart Failure

Heart failure: Activity and exercise

Heart failure: Avoiding medicines that make symptoms worse

Heart failure: Avoiding triggers for sudden heart failure

Heart failure: Checking your weight

Heart failure: Eating less salt

Heart failure: Should I get a pacemaker?

Heart failure: Should I get an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)?

Heart failure: Taking medicines properly

Heart failure: Watching your fluids

Heart Murmur

Heart problems: Living with a pacemaker or ICD

Heart Tests: When Do You Need Them?

Heart transplant

Heart valve problems: Should I choose a mechanical valve or tissue valve to replace my heart valve?

Heart valve repair or replacement for mitral valve regurgitation or prolapse

Heavy Metal Poisoning

Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure: Checking your blood pressure at home

High blood pressure: Should I take medicine?

High blood pressure: Taking medicines properly

High blood pressure: Using the DASH diet

High Cholesterol

High Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Based on Risk Categories

High cholesterol: Raising your HDL level

High cholesterol: Should I take statins?

High cholesterol: Using the TLC diet

High Triglycerides

History and physical exam for atrial fibrillation

History and physical exam for heart failure

Home Blood Pressure Test

Homocysteine

How Beta-Blockers Treat Diastolic Heart Failure

How Nitrates Treat Systolic Heart Failure

Hydralazine for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV

Hyperthermia

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hyperventilation

Hypotension, Orthostatic

Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?

Interactive Tool: Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?

Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Affect Your Lifespan?

Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?

Interactive Tool: How Much Is Smoking Costing You?

Interactive Tool: What Is Your Risk for a Stroke if You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

Interactive Tool: What Is Your Target Heart Rate?

Interactive Tools

Ivemark Syndrome

Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet

Joan's Story: Coping With Depression and Anxiety From Heart Failure

Joe's Story: Taking Charge With the TLC Plan

Joyce's Story: Feeling Better With a Pacemaker

Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki Disease

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome

Labetalol for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Laser treatment for varicose veins

Leg Problems, Noninjury

Linda's Story: Quitting Smoking Improves Cholesterol

Lipid Panel

Living With More Than One Health Problem

Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)

Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy

Low-molecular-weight heparins for deep vein thrombosis

Low-salt diets: Eating out

Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease Test

Magnesium sulfate for seizure prevention during pregnancy

Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation

Medical history and physical exam for a fast heart rate

Medical history and physical exam for a slow heart rate

Medical history and physical exam for coronary artery disease

Medical history and physical examination for lupus

Medicines for Heart Failure

Medicines to Prevent Abnormal Heart Rhythm in Heart Failure

Mediterranean Diet

Metabolic Syndrome

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Methyldopa for chronic hypertension during pregnancy

Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Mitral Valve Stenosis

Monitoring and Medicines for Heart Failure

Morphine sulfate

Moyamoya Syndrome

Nicotine replacement therapy for quitting tobacco

Nicotinic acid for high cholesterol

Nifedipine for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Nitrates for coronary artery disease

Nitrates for heart attack and unstable angina

Nortriptyline for quitting smoking

Organ Transplant

Oxygen therapy for heart failure

Oxygen therapy: Using oxygen at home

Pacemaker for atrial fibrillation

Pacemaker for bradycardia

Pacemaker placement

Pentoxifylline for venous skin ulcers

People Who Need Antibiotics to Prevent Endocarditis

Pericardial Drainage

Pericarditis

Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Legs

Peripheral arterial disease: Should I have surgery?

Physical exam for high blood pressure

Physical Therapy

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Postoperative Problems

Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy

Pregnancy and the Increased Risk of Developing Blood Clots

Pregnancy-Related Problems

Prehypertension

Pressure Sores

Preventing Diabetic Heart and Blood Vessel Complications

Problems Related to Diabetes Complications

Procedures That May Require Antibiotics to Prevent Endocarditis

Proteus Syndrome

Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary

Pulmonary Hypertension, Secondary

Pulse Measurement

Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking: Should I use medicine?

Raynaud's Phenomenon

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Resuming Sexual Activity After a Heart Attack

Risks and Benefits of Medicines for Heart Failure

Romano Ward Syndrome

Scarlet Fever

Sclerotherapy for varicose veins

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for depression and pain after a stroke

Sennetsu Fever

Shock

Should I Repair or Replace My Mitral Valve?

Sneddon Syndrome

Stages of Lyme Disease

Statins and statin combinations for high cholesterol

Stroke

Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke Symptoms

Stroke: Should I have carotid endarterectomy?

Stroke: Should I move my loved one into long-term care?

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome

Tests for Erection Problems

Tetralogy of Fallot

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol

Thrombolytics for heart attack and unstable angina

Tips for Success with the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet

Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for stroke

Tony's Story: Taking Medicine for High Cholesterol

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Triggers of Sudden Heart Failure

Tyrell's Story: Taking Pills for High Blood Pressure

Unfractionated heparin for deep vein thrombosis

Using Nitroglycerin for Sudden Chest Pain

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)

Varenicline (Chantix) for quitting smoking

Varicose Veins

Varicose veins: Should I have a surgical procedure?

Vascular Malformations of the Brain

Vasculitis

Vasculitis, Cutaneous

Vasodilators for congenital heart defects

Vasodilators for heart failure

Vasodilators for high blood pressure

Vasodilators for mitral valve regurgitation

Vein ligation and stripping

Venogram

Venous Skin Ulcer

Venous skin ulcers: Using compression stockings

Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure

Ventricular Septal Defects

Ventricular Tachycardia

Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

Warfarin for atrial fibrillation

Warfarin for deep vein thrombosis

Warfarin: Taking your medicine safely

Weakness and Fatigue

Wegener's Granulomatosis

What You Need to Know Before Exercising With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

Women and Coronary Artery Disease

Wyburn Mason Syndrome

Yellow Nail Syndrome

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