http://heartdisease.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-17T07:49:45Z Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/20/mitral-stenosis.htm <p>Mitral stenosis is relatively uncommon heart valve abnormality that can cause significant cardiac problems if it is not treated appropriately. In mitral stenosis, the mitral valve becomes thickened and immobile, and does not completely open as a result. When this occurs, the blood tends to back up in the left atrium, leading to increased pressure in the chamber. Over a long period of time, significant problems can result.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/20/mitral-stenosis.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/20/mitral-stenosis.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:36:22 +0000 2012-02-20T07:36:22Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots-2.htm <p>For people who have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (Pots), merely standing up can produce severe symptoms. When upright, their heart rates increase to uncomfortable levels. While symptoms - most often lightheadedness and palpitations - may be only mild, they are often incapacitating.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots-2.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:49:45 +0000 2012-02-17T07:49:45Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/heart-disease-risk-in-women.htm <p>Recently the American Heart Association released a new set of guidelines on preventing heart disease in women.&#160; The guidelines deliver two important messages. First, cardiovascular disease is every bit as important in women as in men. And second, the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women are not quite the same as they are in men.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/heart-disease-risk-in-women.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/17/heart-disease-risk-in-women.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:11:45 +0000 2012-02-17T07:11:45Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bleeding-problems-with-dabigatran-pradaxa.htm <p>Dabigatran (Pradaxa) is being sold - and widely marketed on TV - as a new anticoagulant drug which reduces the risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation.&#160; And indeed, dabigatran is effective in reducing the risk of stroke, and furthermore, is much easier and more convenient to take than Coumadin - the blood thinner traditionally used for this purpose.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bleeding-problems-with-dabigatran-pradaxa.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bleeding-problems-with-dabigatran-pradaxa.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:49:23 +0000 2012-02-13T07:49:23Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/10/how-diabetes-contributes-to-heart-disease.htm <p>If you have <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/od/diabetesmetabolicsynd/a/What-Is-Diabetes.htm">diabetes</a> or <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/cholesterol/a/metsynx.htm">metabolic syndrome</a>, your risk of developing heart disease -- <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/coronarydisease/a/CAD1.htm">coronary artery disease (CAD)</a> in particular -- is substantially elevated.</p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/od/diabetesmetabolicsynd/a/How-Diabetes-Contributes-To-Heart-Disease.htm">Here is an article that describes the several ways in which diabetes predisposes to heart disease</a>.</p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/10/how-diabetes-contributes-to-heart-disease.htm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:27:08 +0000 2012-02-10T07:27:08Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/07/sleep-deprivation-and-heart-disease.htm <p>Several recent studies have made an association between chronic sleep deprivation (in general, getting fewer than five hours of sleep per night) and heart disease - or at least the risk factors for heart disease. And one study even suggests that getting too much sleep (greater than nine hours of sleep per night) is associated with heart disease.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/07/sleep-deprivation-and-heart-disease.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/07/sleep-deprivation-and-heart-disease.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:46 +0000 2012-02-07T08:00:46Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/03/broken-heart-syndrome-stress-cardiomyopathy.htm <p><br class="spacer_" /></p> <p>While the name "broken heart syndrome" may not be adequately descriptive of the condition itself, this name does have the advantage of calling everyone's attention to the fact that heart disease in women is often quite different from heart disease in men. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/od/womenheartdisease/a/brokenheart.htm">Read about broken heart syndrome here</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/03/broken-heart-syndrome-stress-cardiomyopathy.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/02/03/broken-heart-syndrome-stress-cardiomyopathy.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:54:09 +0000 2012-02-03T06:54:09Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/30/preventing-stress-related-heart-problems.htm <p>Most physicians are now convinced that emotional stress, under certain circumstances, can play a role in the development of chronic heart disease, and even in the precipitation of acute cardiac crises. If you are experiencing significant of emotional stress and are reacting to it negatively, you should be concerned about preventing stress-related heart problems.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/30/preventing-stress-related-heart-problems.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/30/preventing-stress-related-heart-problems.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:02:34 +0000 2012-01-30T07:02:34Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/infectious-endocarditis.htm <p>Infectious endocarditis - which sometimes is also called subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE), or just "endocarditis" - is an infection of the endocardial surface (the interior lining) of the heart. Infectious endocarditis is always a serious medical problem, since the infection can destroy your heart valves or heart muscle.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/infectious-endocarditis.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/infectious-endocarditis.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:15:09 +0000 2012-01-27T07:15:09Z http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/how-does-bereavement-increase-cardiac-risk.htm <p>Recent studies have shown that during periods of grief caused by loss of a loved one, the risk of having a heart attack becomes remarkably higher for a period of time.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/how-does-bereavement-increase-cardiac-risk.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2012/01/27/how-does-bereavement-increase-cardiac-risk.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:40:00 +0000 2012-01-27T06:40:00Z