"Can't I just take a pill to get my cholesterol down?"
Not long ago, one of my patients said this to me in the office. He was a middle aged man with known heart disease, previous angioplasty, and a high cholesterol. I had suggested to him that his cholestrol was too high. His bad cholesterol, LDL, was elevated over 120... Read more
So your heart is beating irregularly. It jumps. It skips. You've been diagnosed with the medical condition called Atrial Fibrillation. The question is do you need an ablation.First, if you may ask the question, "What is an ablation?"An "ablation" is a cardiac procedure where specialized plastic tubes (called radiofrequency... Read more
I became angry the other day. We’ve all been watching the ongoing debate about healthcare reform. The Democrats recently celebrated the U.S. House’s passage of a healthcare bill. News in the U.S. Senate wasn’t so great. Senators said that the bill was dead if the government's public option wasn’t... Read more
“Heart Failure? What does that mean,” she asked. “Does is mean my heart is going to stop beating?” Janet was an Italian woman in her mid-fifties. She had slowly been developing shortness of breath after a prolonged illness. Soon her legs began to swell. Now she was in the office to review the... Read more
Blood clots are the dreaded complication of the abnormal heart rhythm aka, Atrial Fibrillation. By itself the rhythm rarely is fatal. What makes it a serious heart condition is the fact that blood clots commonly form if the rhythm is not treated properly. Atrial Fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm arising from the upper chambers... Read more
