Articles tagged: American Heart Association
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by -- -- Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions which together greatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease more than any one risk factor alone. written by -- -- Hundreds of scientific studies over the past 20 years speak to health benefits ranging from the prevention of heart disease to the resistance of a wide variety of cancers. written by Sven Ullmann The American heart association is an organization in the United States thats goals are to promote and foster cardiac care and awareness One of its primary goals is to reduce the death rate caused by heart attack and stroke. written by Abigail Franks So angiogram was in my immediate future. I'm told this is a safe and relatively painless procedure and not to worry. There were plenty of things to worry about however. They don't want to shove a camera up through my body and into my heart because of no reason. Still, an angiogram is an outpatient procedure where the cardiologist opens an artery in your leg and works a camera into the heart muscle arteries. written by Abigail Franks It all started innocently enough. I went to my primary care physician complaining of dizziness and a pain in my back. A quick ECG or electrocardiogram revealed a very fine and operational heart muscle. Still, being at an age where heart disease is considered a possibility and having several increased risk factors, my doctor decided that a trip to see the cardiologist was in order. << previous page 1 next page>> |