Saturday, February 11, 2012

Heart Disease Videos

Watch these videos to learn about medical advances, new treatments, and find out what you can do to keep your heart healthy.

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  • Change of Heart
    The heart beats more than two billion times over the course of a lifetime...and sometimes fails!
  • Avoiding Medical Mistakes
    Learning some common, but not always obvious, mistakes that women and their doctors make.
  • Personal Prescription
    From daily prescriptions, to customized cancer drugs, designing treatments that take into account the individual patient.
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  • Blood Test For Heart Exam
    Learn about an exciting new diagnostic test.
  • Regenerating The Heart
    Watch a video about how doctors from the Arizona Heart Center are rebuilding the hearts and giving patients their lives back.
  • 3-D Help For Heart
  • Drano for the Heart
    Watch a video about how researchers inject patients with a lab version of HDL--or good cholesterol to treat heart disease.
  • Medicine's Next Big Thing? Growing Hearts
    Chronic heart failure kills thousands each year, and though a heart transplant is an option, many patients die waiting for one. Now, cutting-edge technology may offer something better.
  • Fixing Torn Hearts
    Now, doctors can fix a torn aorta without making a single incision in a patient’s chest.
  • Sister to Sister Health Fair
    This Friday the Sister to Sister organization is holding their annual Health Fair in major cities throughout the United States. Drop by your local health fair and check your heart health!
  • Critical Nutrition
    Fuel the fight against medical conditions.
  • Recipe for a Healthy Holiday
    Put together a battle plan that can help you get through the holiday season with your waistline intact.
  • Saving Hearts
    From drilling holes to icy therapy, state of the art procedures that are saving heart patients.
  • Out of Sync
    Atrial fibrillation affects 2 million Americans and causes 15% of all strokes. Learn about suppressive and curative therapies that can put hearts back in the right rhythm.
  • Organs and Blood from the Lab
    Artificial blood and organs grown in a lab are saving lives.
  • The On-X Valve PROACT Trial
    The On-X Valve PROACT Trial
  • The On-X Heart Valve: Longevity With Less Reliance on Coumadin
    The On-X Heart Valve: Longevity With Less Reliance on Coumadin
  • Tissue Valves vs. Mechanical Valves
    Tissue Valves vs. Mechanical Valves
  • What is the difference between heart valve repair and replacement?
    What is the difference between heart valve repair and replacement?
  • Heart Valve Disease Causes & Symptoms
    Heart Valve Disease Causes & Symptoms
  • Fixing Faulty Heart Valves
    1 in 7 people are affected by faulty heart valves. New materials and replacement techniques give patients a better shot at returning to a normal life.
  • How Heart Disease Affects Men and Women
    Join ABC news anchor Maureen Bunyan in the fight against heart disease by learning how heart disease affects men and women differently, and what you can do to prevent this disease
  • Lifestyle Changes for Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment
    Heart disease can affect every aspect of your life--the key is to learn how to manage these changes. Watch this video and learn how diet and exercise can impact your life in a positive way
  • Preventing Heart Disease the Easy Way
    Small changes in your daily life can have a huge impact on your cardiovascular health. Learn how simple lifestyle changes and regular doctor visits can put you on the right path to a healthy heart.
  • Sister to Sister Health Fairs
    Each year the Sister to Sister Foundation holds their Women's Heart Health Fair in major cities across the United States. The fairs, aimed at raising awareness and preventing heart disease in women, are a great way to check the status of your heart health!
  • Heart Valves and Surgical Ablation
    Heart Valves and Surgical Ablation
  • Fighting Stroke and Brain Cancer
    Fighting Stroke and Brain Cancer
  • Body Enhancers
    Contact lenses that could save your life, and a body battery that keeps your heart pumping. Two medical breakthroughs you've just got to see to believe.
  • Clean the Blood, Save the Heart
    Cleaning the blood may help treat a failing heart.
  • Heart Transplant Breakthrough
    A new test makes life easier for heart transplant patients.
  • Magnetic Stimulation For Stroke
    A new technique may change the way doctors treat stroke patients.
  • I-Pods For Your Heart
  • Device Helps Failing Hearts
  • Laugh It Up For Your Heart
    Amazing video shows that laughter is the key to a healthy heart.
  • Hand Held Heart Exam
    It may one day replace the stethoscope. See how big technology made small could help physicians better diagnose heart disease.
  • Second Chance Hearts
    New therapies give some heart patients another chance, after heart attacks
  • Laser Angioplasty
    Wacth amazing video of laser angioplasty surgery.
  • Heart Medicine For Bones
    Researchers from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey say a common heart medication could stop osteoporosis and cost patients only a fraction of other approved medications.
  • Blood Test Predicts Heart Failure
    A simple blood test gets heart failure patients on the path to a longer life.
  • Combo Heart Device
    Doctors are studying a new device that combines two of the latest heart technologies.
  • GPS for Your Heart
    The same GPS technology used to guide your car can now help make it easier for doctors to repair your heart.
  • Stem Cells Reversing Heart Damage
    Doctors are repairing hearts with patient's own stem cells.
  • No Pain Heart Health
    It's one of the most common heart procedures. Doctors are making stent placement less painful with a simple sponge.
  • Icy Treatments Revive the Dead
    Only 5 percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest survive. Doctors are testing new "icy" treatments to keep the brain and heart safe from damage during cardiac arrest.
  • Holes for the Heart
    For people with weak and failing hearts, drilling holes in their heart may bring healing without the risks of other invasive procedures
  • Holes for the Heart
    For people with weak and failing hearts, drilling holes in their heart may bring healing without the risks of other invasive procedures
  • 118 Days without a Heart
    A heart transplant is the only option for many patients with enlarged hearts. One girl lived without a heart for 118 days while waiting for a new one. Find out how she survived...
  • Drug-Free Stroke Prevention
    People with atrial fibrillation are often prescribed drug thinners to prevent stroke, but a new device does the job without the side effects of medicine.
  • Killing Ourselves
    The U.S. spends $ 2 trillion on health care, but two out of four people are obese, and one out of four suffers from high blood pressure. Is the system to blame or should we blame ourselves?
  • Killing Ourselves
    The U.S. spends $2 trillion on health care, but two out of four people are obese, and one out of four suffers high blood pressure. Is the system to blame or should we blame ourselves?
  • Big Chill Saves Hearts
    Lowering the body's temperature
  • New Life for Dying Hearts
    A heart device used as a bridge to transplant could be a permanent fix for failing hearts and help the 100,000 patients waiting on a transplant.
  • Tracking Hearts from Home
    Every year more than one million people are rushed to the hospital suffering from heart failure. Now, a sensor te size of a paper clip may lower that number and change the way doctors treat the disease.
  • Repairing Hearts without Surgery
    Some of the two million people with congenital heart defects have to turn to open-heart surgery as a last resort. Find out how a new valve may prevent them from going under the knife.
  • Recharging Hearts Wirelessly
    Until now, all implantable defibrillators had wires that thread into the heart. Meet the first woman in the U.S. to have a new device implanted with no wires touching the heart.
  • Stem Cells Save Legs?
    One in every 20 Americans over 50 suffers from PAD or peripheral arterial disease. Find out how doctors are using a patient's own stem cells to clear up arteries in the leg and possibly prevent amputations.
  • Two for One Heart Repair
    Doctors call it the best of both worlds. Find out how they're combining two complex heart procedures into a less invasive, hybrid operation.
  • New Improved Metal Hearts
    What used to be a temporary treatment to keep patients alive long enough to get a heart transplant, is now replacing transplants altogether. See how much heart devices have shrunk and how it's changing the way doctors use them.
  • Heart Tests: The Next Generation
    We've all heard of traditional stress tests and EKG's, but a new, lesser-known test may help detect heart problems in people who don't have any symptoms.
  • Firefighters: Cooling Hearts, Staying Alive
    Researchers have two new methods to keep these heroes battling brutal heat -- for longer. Cooling down the heart may be the key to fighting another day.
  • Fixing Hearts: No Operation Needed
    Kids with congenital heart problems typically have a future filled with surgeries. Now a new valve may save these children from having to go under the knife.
  • Beating Heart Surgery
    500,000 people in the U.S. will undergo coronary artery bypass surgery. It's a dangerous procedure, but now, doctors are saving the hearts of those most at risk.
  • Pocket-Sized Heart Help
    An EKG machine that fits in a doctor's pocket? New technology is now making this possible.
  • Predicting Heart Attacks
    How much time is left on your ticker? With two new tests, you can know your risk of a heart attack years before one strikes.
  • Medical Firsts to Keep Your Heart Going
    Pressure and pain -- one in your chest, the other in your arm. They're not the only signs, but they are the most predominate signs that you're having a heart attack. Now, two new medical firsts can detect when a heart attack is happening and save lives.
  • Stem Cells to the Rescue!
    For the first time in the United States, one man's heart has been saved by his own stem cells. We go in the lab that saved his life to see how stem cells can repair arteries throughout the body.
  • Disco CPR: Catch the Fever
    Don't know how to perform CPR? No problem -- we'll teach you in about 90 seconds. All you need is a pair of hands and the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.
  • Drano for Clogged Arteries
    Unclogging your arteries -- the new treatment that would give patients with total blockage another option.
  • Helping Bad Hearts Survive Heart Disease
    Right now, five million Americans are living with heart failure, and that number is expected to double in the next 15 years. A recently approved FDA treatment is helping stop heart disease before it kills.
  • The Stem Cell Solution
    A dog with a death sentence is at the forefront of medical research. And the same procedure doctors are using on his heart may be used on yours someday soon.
  • Ms. Diagnosed
    You order a burger, and the waiter gives you a steak. You order a coffee, and the barista makes you a latte. What if you walked into the ER and got more than you bargained for?
  • Healing Hearts without Surgery
    Heart disease claims one life every 35 seconds. But it doesn't have to be that way. Doctors are treating one of the most common problems, without open-heart surgery.
  • Clot-Killing Drugs
    It's a treatment that could save the lives of thousands of people - even before they make it to the emergency room. A new way paramedics are saving hearts and saving lives.
  • Test Yourself for a Healthy Heart
    The most common type of heart disease is coronary heart disease, which can lead to a heart attack. One man beat the odds and changed his life for good. We'll show you how you can too.
  • Repairing Hearts with Stem Cells
    Meet a man who's suffered three heart attacks in just two years and find out about the experimental procedure using his OWN stem cells to repair his damaged heart.
  • The Man Without A Heart
    Right now, about 3000 people are waiting for a heart transplant in the U.S. Hundreds die waiting for one. A new artificial heart helped keep one man alive while he waited and it could help thousands just like him.
  • Cold Hearted: Freezing Atrial Fibrillation
    Doctors are using extreme temperatures to fix abnormal heart rhythms. How the new tool is helping get hearts back on track.
  • Heart Attack Test: Fast Diagnosis with X-Ray Vision
    Is it a heart attack or a false alarm? Researchers are working on a faster way to let doctors and patients know what's really going on in minutes instead of hours.
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