Heart Health

From the Medical Editor

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing more people than all forms of cancer combined. In the United States alone, CAD is responsible for about 610,000 deaths every year (114,000 from a heart attack). That’s one in every four deaths. Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when there … Read More

5. Procedures and Surgeries for CAD

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Sometimes, medication and lifestyle changes aren’t enough to treat a person’s CAD. In these cases, more aggressive treatments are needed to reduce the risk of a heart attack. The two most commonly used procedures are: ➧ Angioplasty/percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Considered a minimally invasive procedure, this cardiac catheterization is now … Read More

4. Medications That Treat CAD

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Sadly, there’s no cure for CAD. Instead, those who suffer from this disease are told to modify their lifestyles in the ways we’ve mentioned up to this point. Sometimes, though, lifestyle modification isn’t enough to reduce a person’s risk of a heart attack. Those who suffer from abnormal cholesterol and … Read More

3. CAD Diagnosis and Testing

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Coronary artery disease affects nearly 16.5 million Americans and is the leading cause of death in American adults. As mentioned earlier, this preventable disease may begin in childhood. Often, however, symptoms don’t appear until it’s too late. Since most people don’t have symptoms until there’s a significant arterial blockage, many … Read More

2. Lower Your Risk of CAD

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Before you can reduce your chance of being diagnosed with CAD, you need to understand the elements that make you vulnerable to the disease. While some risk factors are unavoidable—family history, your age, and gender, for example—others are relatively easy to modify. Problem is, many people with CAD are unaware … Read More

1. Coronary Artery Disease 101

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
Let’s hear it for your heart. Weighing around 8 ounces (if you’re a woman) to 10 ounces (men), this vital muscle pumps blood to every cell in the body in less than a minute—impressive for an organ the size of your fist. If, however, the heart’s job becomes impeded by … Read More

Introduction

Nov 22, 2019 · · Heart Health
We all want to live a long, vibrant life. To do so, we must take care of our most vital organ, the heart. The key to a healthy heart is a strong supply of oxygen-rich blood. When your heart isn’t properly fed, your brain, lungs, and other essential organs stop … Read More

8. Prevention: Managing Risk Factors

Nov 21, 2019 · · Heart Health
Heart failure is largely preventable because it is often the result of other diseases. Preventing or managing those underlying diseases lowers the risk of heart failure. Taking aggressive control of high blood pressure, losing weight, controlling diabetes, avoiding alcohol abuse and illicit drugs, and taking measures to prevent coronary artery … Read More

7. Treatment: Advanced Procedures

Nov 21, 2019 · · Heart Health
Treatment for heart failure begins with lifestyle changes and medications. When these therapies are not effective or appropriate for an individual’s specific problem, your doctor may recommend a medical procedure such as surgery. Who Needs Surgery? Among the people who may require surgery are those with heart valves that don’t … Read More

6. Treatment: Taking the Right Medications

Nov 21, 2019 · · Heart Health
Heart failure lasts a lifetime, but it can be treated for a lifetime by making sensible lifestyle decisions outlined in Chapter 5, with medical procedures described in Chapter 7, and with the medications discussed here. Some of those drugs improve the ability of your heart to pump blood efficiently. Others … Read More

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