Heart & Vascular Health: Treatments
Having a Heart Attack? Not on a Weekend
09/13/07, Johns Hopkins UniversityMost hospitals provide only emergency or urgent care on weekends and reduce their total staff as well as the number of available experts to do…
Who Benefits the Most From Statins?
06/11/07, Johns Hopkins UniversityPeople with coronary heart disease who have either diabetes or the metabolic syndrome respond better to statin therapy compared to patients who have…
Congenital Heart Defects - Treatment Overview
10/25/07, HealthwiseYour child's treatment for a congenital heart defect will be based on the type of problem he or she has. Your child's age, size, and general health also are important.
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Headline: 'Doubt Cast on Stents' Value'
06/01/07, Johns Hopkins UniversityThe clinical trial described in the article actually cast doubt on the value of angioplasty, not stents, although stents have indeed come under much…
A Marketing and Ethical Dilemma
08/11/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityBecause of its dramatic ability to raise helpful HDL cholesterol, a new experimental drug called torcetrapib could become a popular drug for the…
Should I have surgery for peripheral arterial disease?
10/30/07, HealthwisePeripheral arterial disease (PAD) is poor blood flow in your arteries. Your arteries carry blood to your organs and muscles. If arteries become narrowed or blocked because of disease, they cannot carry enough blood to allow your muscles a
Congenital Heart Defects - Surgery
10/25/07, HealthwiseIf your child has a large or complex congenital heart defect, he or she may need open-heart surgery. The kind of surgery will depend on what defect the child has. In general the types of surgery are:
Congenital Heart Defects - Other Treatment
10/25/07, HealthwiseHeart catheterization may be used to correct certain congenital heart defects. Children generally recover more quickly from a heart catheterization procedure than from a surgery.
Beta-Blockers: Not So Good?
07/21/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityOne concern is that guidelines downgrading the value of beta-blockers for hypertension may lead physicians to stop using them in those patients who…
Heart transplant
08/25/08, HealthwiseA heart transplant is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a diseased heart and replaces it with a donor heart. During a heart transplant, a mechanical pump circulates blood through the body while the surgeon removes the diseased heart
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