Heart & Vascular Health: Treatments
Best Treatment for Small Heart Attacks
11/15/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityBased on current U.S. guidelines for treating small heart attacks, doctors quickly perform coronary angiography to identify blocked coronary arteries.…
Off-Pump Cardiac Bypass Surgery
10/31/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityIn conventional bypass surgery, the heart is stopped and the functions of the heart and lungs are taken over by a machine which removes carbon dioxide…
Lower LDL Target for People with Stable Coronary Disease
10/24/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityI have followed the present recommendations for treating low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. A new study suggests that LDL cholesterol should…
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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Can Fail
10/18/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityAn implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) protects many patients with serious heart problems against a life-threatening abnormal rhythm. The…
A Heart Failure Drug for Blacks Only
09/28/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityHeart failure is more common among African-Americans than other groups, and they tend not to respond as well to drugs commonly used to treat heart…
Prayers for the Heart
09/23/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityIf you suffered a heart attack, would you recover faster if people at your church, synagogue, or mosque prayed for you regularly? A July report of a…
Chelation Therapy: Does It Work?
09/20/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityWhen patients ask me if chelation therapy works and whether they should try it, my answers are always "no" and "don't try it." Patients in the U.S.…
Chelation Therapy: What Is It?
09/13/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityPatients sometimes ask me about chelation therapy. Chelation therapy involves 2 to 3 weekly intravenous injections of a man-made compound called…
Treating a Heart Attack
08/10/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityIf you have a heart attack, you should chew an aspirin tablet and get to a hospital as soon as possible. But a new study suggests that much can be…
The Cost of Large-Scale Prevention Efforts
05/04/07, Johns Hopkins UniversityIn this age of scarce health care dollars, we do need to take stock of the fiscal and other implications of the measures we use in our attempts to…
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