A specialist scanning service at Kettering General Hospital has helped improve care for more than 1,000 local people with heart problems since its launch.
Recondition your heart and regain your health with a combination of patient education tools and physical training.
At CHKD, highly trained cardiac surgeon Dr. James Gangemi treats children with complex cardiac defects that require surgery in Hampton Roads, VA, and surrounding areas.
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Cardiac ultrasound technology has advanced to keep up with several trends. These include improved workflow for greater efficiency, expanded use of qualification metrics, expanded use of 3-D echo to speed exam times and improve operator reproducibility, and expanded use of 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE) to aid guidance in the growing area of transcatheter structural heart procedures. Here are a few examples of how the newest technology is addressing these trends.
Thank You For What You Do
As a cardiac rehabilitation professional—whether an exercise physiologist, a registered dietician, an occupational or physical therapist, a clinical social worker, or a behavioral scientist —you play a crucial role in helping patients achieve and maintain positive outcomes
The American College of Cardiology wants to say Thank You for the important work that you do throughout the entire month of February—and…
Dr. Nancy Branyas details the benefits of the women’s cardiac risk clinic, including identifying, treating and managing risk factors for heart disease.
Dr. Nancy Branyas describes how the awareness and education of women’s cardiac health has increased over the past twenty years.
Dr. Nancy Branyas provides an overview of the women’s cardiac risk clinic.
The Women’s Cardiac Risk Clinic (WCRC) is a cardiac wellness prevention clinic run by a team of cardiologists with the goal of preventing the development of heart disease in women. The WCRC consists of two visits. At the first visit … Continue reading
(3-29-2017) On today's Topical Currents, we discuss innovations in interventional cardiac procedures and management of risk factors for heart disease. Our
30-year-old father of three is saved by quick thinking and CPR.
Sudden cardiac death kills more than 3,000 young people each year, many of them athletes.
Heart attack and cardiac arrest are two terms that are often used interchangeably. But—while these are both cardiac events that should be taken seriously—t
If you have a heart or lung condition, Campbell County Memorial Hospital's cardiac or pulmonary rehab programs in Gillette, Wyoming can help you get healthy and function independently as quickly and safely as possible.
The ideal flow between an OB/GYN and a fertility specialist should be relatively seamless. While a fertility diagnosis may not trigger contact with a fertility specialist, it should inspire a heart-to-heart conversation with your OB/GYN …
Here is a great article on the subject reposted from ACLS Medical Training
Is it a HEART ATTACK or CARDIAC ARREST
Did you know that there is a big difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest? The major difference is that HEART ATTACK is a blood flow problem and CARDIAC ARREST is an electrical problem.. Both conditions can be deadly, but they are caused by (and treated with) different things.
What is a heart attack?
The heart muscle gets its blood supply from…
Are you suffering from heart disease or have recently had heart surgery and want to live a healthier lifestyle? Exercise is the best course of action to take to keep your particular condition in control. Exercise is something than many Americans do not partake in, and it is estimated that 45% of Americans have ideal physical activity and 31% have noted that they have poor physical activity. As a heart patient, you will want to partake in regular exercise to maintain your health.
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is an X-ray-based scan principally designed to show the inside of the heart arteries “noninvasively” – without having to put any equipment deep into the body. Use of cardiac CT for patient care became mainstream in 2005 after several advances made the scan much easier to perform and boosted scan accuracy. Technology of cardiac CT has improved year-to-year ever since, and more and more doctors are using it to help diagnose heart disease.
Keith Churchwell came to the Hill South police substation Wednesday night to warn neighbors about a killer that preys particularly on the black community. This killer doesn’t carry a gun....