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Category: Heart and Circulation

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Adenosine for fast heart rates

Aldosterone receptor antagonists: Diuretics for heart failure

Ambulatory Electrocardiogram

Anesthesia

Angiogram

Angiogram of the Head and Neck

Angiogram of the Lung

Angioplasty for coronary artery disease

Angioplasty for peripheral arterial disease of the legs

Angioplasty with stent placement for heart attack and unstable angina

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) for high blood pressure

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for coronary artery disease

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for heart attack and unstable angina

Ankle-brachial index test

Antiarrhythmic medications for atrial fibrillation

Antiarrhythmic medications for fast heart rates

Antiarrhythmics for congenital heart defects

Antibiotics for heart valve disease

Anticoagulants for aortic and mitral valve regurgitation

Anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation

Anticoagulants for coronary artery disease

Anticoagulants for heart attack and unstable angina

Anticoagulants for pulmonary embolism

Anticoagulants for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Anticoagulants: Vitamin K and your diet

Antiplatelet medicine for heart attack and unstable angina

Antiplatelet medicines for peripheral arterial disease

Antiplatelets for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Aortic Aneurysm

Aortic Valve Regurgitation

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Aortic valve stenosis: Should I choose a mechanical valve or tissue valve to replace my aortic valve?

Aortic valve stenosis: Should I have surgery?

Aortobifemoral bypass for peripheral arterial disease

Arterial Blood Gases

Arteriovenous Malformation

Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)

Aspirin for coronary artery disease

Aspirin for heart attack and unstable angina

Aspirin for mitral valve regurgitation

Aspirin for peripheral arterial disease

Aspirin for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Atherectomy for coronary artery disease

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation: Should I take anticoagulants to prevent stroke?

Atrial fibrillation: Should I try electrical cardioversion?

Atrial fibrillation: Taking anticoagulants safely

Atrial Septal Defects

Atrioventricular Septal Defect

Beta-blockers for atrial fibrillation

Beta-blockers for coronary artery disease

Beta-blockers for fast heart rates

Beta-blockers for heart attack and unstable angina

Beta-blockers for heart failure

Beta-blockers for high blood pressure

Beta-blockers for mitral valve prolapse

Bile acid sequestrants for high cholesterol

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome

Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)

Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Test

Bupropion hydrochloride (Zyban) for quitting smoking

C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

Calcium channel blockers for atrial fibrillation

Calcium channel blockers for coronary artery disease

Calcium channel blockers for fast heart rates

Calcium channel blockers for heart attack and unstable angina

Calcium channel blockers for heart failure

Calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Calcium Scoring

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Cardiac glycosides for congenital heart defects

Cardiac Perfusion Scan

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Carotid endarterectomy for TIA and stroke

Catecholamines in Blood

Catecholamines in Urine

Catheter ablation for a fast heart rate

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Cavernous Malformation

Central Venous Catheters

Change in Heartbeat

Chest Problems

Chest X-ray

Cholesterol absorption inhibitors for high cholesterol

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Cilostazol for peripheral arterial disease

Clonidine (Catapres) for quitting smoking

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan of the Body

Computed Tomography Angiogram (CT Angiogram)

Congenital Heart Defects

Cor Triatriatum

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

Coronary artery bypass surgery for coronary artery disease

Coronary Artery Disease

Corticosteroids for lupus

Corticosteroids for polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis

Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Deep vein thrombosis: Taking anticoagulants safely

Degos Disease

Digoxin for atrial fibrillation

Digoxin for fast heart rates

Digoxin for heart failure

Digoxin for mitral valve regurgitation

Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery, Idiopathic

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Direct renin inhibitors for high blood pressure

Diuretics for congenital heart defects

Diuretics for heart failure

Diuretics for high blood pressure

Dizziness: Lightheadedness and Vertigo

Doppler Ultrasound

Echocardiogram

Edema, Idiopathic

Eisenmenger Syndrome

Electrical cardioversion (defibrillation) for a fast heart rate

Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation

Electrocardiogram

Electrophysiology Study

End-of-life care: Should I receive CPR and life support?

Endocarditis

Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Erythromelalgia

Exercise Electrocardiogram

Fainting

Femoral-tibial bypass surgery for peripheral arterial disease

Femoropopliteal bypass (fem-pop bypass) for peripheral arterial disease

Fibric acid derivatives for high cholesterol

Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Galloway-Mowat Syndrome

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for heart attack and unstable angina

Headaches in Children

Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet

Heart Attack and Unstable Angina

Heart attack: Should I take daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke?

Heart catheterization for congenital heart defects

Heart disease risk: Should I have a coronary calcium scan?

Heart disease: Eating a heart-healthy diet

Heart disease: Exercising for a healthy heart

Heart disease: Should I have an angiogram?

Heart disease: Should I have angioplasty for stable angina?

Heart disease: Should I have bypass surgery?

Heart disease: Walking for a healthy heart

Heart Failure

Heart failure: Activity and exercise

Heart failure: Avoiding medicines that make symptoms worse

Heart failure: Avoiding triggers for sudden heart failure

Heart failure: Checking your weight

Heart failure: Eating less salt

Heart failure: Should I get a pacemaker?

Heart failure: Should I get an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)?

Heart failure: Taking medicines properly

Heart failure: Watching your fluids

Heart Murmur

Heart problems: Living with a pacemaker or ICD

Heart transplant

Heart valve repair or replacement for mitral valve regurgitation or prolapse

Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

High blood pressure: Checking your blood pressure at home

High blood pressure: Should I take medicine?

High blood pressure: Taking medicines properly

High blood pressure: Using the DASH diet

High Cholesterol

High cholesterol: Should I take statins?

High Triglycerides

History and physical exam for atrial fibrillation

History and physical exam for heart failure

Home Blood Pressure Test

Homocysteine

Hydralazine for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hyperventilation

Hypotension, Orthostatic

Hypothermia and Cold Temperature Exposure

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?

Interactive Tool: Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?

Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Affect Your Lifespan?

Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?

Interactive Tool: How Much Is Smoking Costing You?

Interactive Tool: What Is Your Risk for a Stroke if You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

Interactive Tool: What Is Your Target Heart Rate?

Interactive Tools

Ivemark Syndrome

Joan's Story: Coping With Depression and Anxiety From Heart Failure

Joyce's Story: Feeling Better With a Pacemaker

Kawasaki Disease

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome

Labetalol for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Laser treatment for varicose veins

Leg Problems, Noninjury

Lipid Panel

Living With More Than One Health Problem

Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy

Low-molecular-weight heparins for deep vein thrombosis

Low-salt diets: Eating out

Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease Test

Magnesium sulfate for seizure prevention during pregnancy

Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation

Medical history and physical exam for a fast heart rate

Medical history and physical exam for a slow heart rate

Medical history and physical exam for coronary artery disease

Medical history and physical examination for lupus

Metabolic Syndrome

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Methyldopa for chronic hypertension during pregnancy

Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Mitral Valve Stenosis

Morphine sulfate

Nicotine replacement therapy for quitting tobacco

Nicotinic acid for high cholesterol

Nifedipine for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Nitrates for coronary artery disease

Nitrates for heart attack and unstable angina

Nortriptyline for quitting smoking

Oral anticoagulants for deep vein thrombosis

Organ Transplant

Oxygen therapy for heart failure

Oxygen therapy: Using oxygen at home

Pacemaker for atrial fibrillation

Pacemaker for bradycardia

Pacemaker placement

Pentoxifylline for venous skin ulcers

Pericardial Drainage

Pericarditis

Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Legs

Peripheral arterial disease: Should I have surgery?

Physical exam for high blood pressure

Physical Therapy

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Postoperative Problems

Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy

Pregnancy-Related Problems

Prehypertension

Pressure Sores

Proteus Syndrome

Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary

Pulmonary Hypertension, Secondary

Pulse Measurement

Quitting Smoking

Quitting smoking: Should I use medicine?

Raynaud's Phenomenon

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Romano Ward Syndrome

Safety Tips When Taking Anticoagulants

Scarlet Fever

Sclerotherapy for varicose veins

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for depression and pain after a stroke

Shock

Singleton Merten Syndrome

Sneddon Syndrome

Statins and statin combinations for high cholesterol

Stroke

Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke: Should I have carotid endarterectomy?

Stroke: Should I move my loved one into long-term care?

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Tests for Erection Problems

Tetralogy of Fallot

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol

Thrombolytics for heart attack and unstable angina

Tips for Success with the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet

Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Unfractionated heparin for deep vein thrombosis

Using Nitroglycerin for Sudden Chest Pain

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)

Varenicline (Chantix) for quitting smoking

Varicose Veins

Varicose veins: Should I have a surgical procedure?

Vascular Malformations of the Brain

Vasculitis

Vasculitis, Cutaneous

Vasodilators for congenital heart defects

Vasodilators for heart failure

Vasodilators for high blood pressure

Vasodilators for mitral valve regurgitation

Vein ligation and stripping

Venogram

Venous Skin Ulcer

Venous skin ulcers: Using compression stockings

Ventricular Septal Defects

Ventricular Tachycardia

Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

Weakness and Fatigue

Women and Coronary Artery Disease

Wyburn Mason Syndrome

Yellow Nail Syndrome

Yunis Varon Syndrome