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Managing Heart Disease

The approach for managing any degree of coronary artery disease involves lifestyle changes. Depending on severity and individual conditions, patients may need one or more medications, surgery, or both.

Healthy diet, regular exercise and quitting smoking if you are a smoker may prevent heart disease. Follow your health care provider's recommendations for treatment and prevention of heart disease.

Experts have come up with a mnemonic device (ABCDE) for remembering 10 factors th...

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Expert & Community Posts

Avandia Anxiety

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...Adminstration’s vigilance in watching out for our health.Representative Henry Waxman... Read more »

Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using... Read more »

Reflections and Resolutions

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...“choose life” by changing my eating habits. Health issues were definitely the most... Read more »

Heart Attack Risk 40 per cent Higher in Anxious Men

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...anger, depression and negative emotions. Additional health-related information was gathered in... Read more »

Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease

By HeartHawk , Health Expert

...burdens. A good place to start is right here at HealthCentral. It is also a great place to... Read more »

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Health Guide

Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs

...This can cause a blood clot to form and totally stop blood flow in a coronary artery, resulting in a heart attack (also called an acute myocardial infarction or MI). Irreversible injury to the... Read more »

Angioplasty Patient Guide: Find Angioplasty Information

...You also may receive special medication to help your arteries heal. Depending on your condition and health history prior to the procedure, your doctor may prescribe additional cholesterol-lowering... Read more »

Heart Attack Diagnosis and Tests

...any heart problems, and, if present, their severity.The patient will report all symptoms so that a health professional can rule out either a non-heart problem or possible other serious accompany... Read more »

Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide

...surgery, and lifestyle modification. Appropriate CHF management demands the attention of a qualified health care professional. Multiple medications are often required in the treatment of CHF.... Read more »

Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome

...muscular walls (the myocardium).Coronary Artery DiseaseCoronary artery disease is the most common cause of heart attacks. Coronary artery disease is the end result of a complex process called... Read more »

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