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Ischemia
Statins: Should I Take Them?
High Blood Pressure: Should I Take Medicine?
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Alan's Story: Coping With Change After a Heart Attack
Alcohol Increases the Risk of Cold Injury
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
American Heart Association Healthy Diet Guidelines
Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs)
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors
Anticoagulants
Antiplatelets
Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Deciding About Surgery
Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
Aortobifemoral Bypass Surgery
Arrhythmias and Sexual Activity
Arturo's Story: Getting Support for Making a Change
Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
Atrial Fibrillation and Daily Life
Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Bed Rest in Pregnancy
Beta-Blockers
Biventricular Pacemaker
Blood Clots in the Leg Veins
Blood Pressure Numbers: When to Get Help
Blood Pressure Screening
Blood Thinners: Signs of Abnormal Bleeding
Cardiac Cachexia
Cardiac Device Monitoring
Cardiac Output
Cardiac Rehabilitation Team
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Emotional Health Benefits
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Exercise
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Home Program
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Hospital Program
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Lifestyle Changes
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Maintenance Program
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Medicine and Exercise
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Monitoring Your Body's Response to Exercise
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Outpatient Program
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Weight and Resistance Training
Cardiomyopathy
Carotid Artery Stenting
Carotid Endarterectomy
Catheter Ablation for a Fast Heart Rate
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD)
Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD): Changing the Dressing
Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD): Flushing
Chilblains (Perniosis)
Cholesterol and Triglycerides: Eating Fish and Fish Oil
Cholesterol in Children and Teens
Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines
Classification of Heart Failure
Clopidogrel and Genetic Testing
Cold Hands: Home Treatment
Compression Stockings for Varicose Veins
Congenital Heart Defect Types
Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
Conserving Your Energy
Coronary Angioplasty
Coronary Arteries and Heart Function
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Coronary Artery Disease and Alcohol
Coronary Artery Disease: Family History
Coronary Artery Disease: Helping a Loved One
Coronary Artery Disease: Prevention Myths
Coronary Artery Disease: Roles of Different Doctors
CPR Quick Reference
DASH Diet Sample Menu
Depression and Anxiety When You Have Coronary Artery Disease
Diabetes: Amputation for Foot Problems
Diuretics and Potassium Supplements
Driving a Car After a Stroke
Drug-Eluting Stents
Eclampsia (Seizures) and Preeclampsia
Electrical Cardioversion for a Fast Heart Rate
Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation
Electrical System of the Heart
Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Enjoying Life When You Have Heart Failure
Exercising to Prevent a Stroke
Familial Lipid Disorders
Fast Heart Rate
Femoral-Tibial Bypass Surgery
Femoropopliteal Bypass Surgery
Heart Attack and Stroke in Women: Reducing Your Risk
Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
Heart Attack: How to Prevent Another One
Heart Failure and Sexual Activity
Heart Failure Complications
Heart Failure Stages
Heart Failure Symptoms
Heart Failure Types
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (Diastolic Heart Failure)
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (Systolic Heart Failure)
Heart Failure: Avoiding Colds and Flu
Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight
Heart Failure: Compensation by the Heart and Body
Heart Failure: Disease Management Programs
Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet
Heart Failure: Less Common Symptoms
Heart Failure: Symptom Record
Heart Failure: Tips for Caregivers
Heart Failure: Tips for Easier Breathing
Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
Heart Rhythm Problems and Driving
Heart Rhythm Problems: Diary of Symptoms
Heart Rhythm Problems: Symptoms
Heart Tests: When Do You Need Them?
Heart Transplant
Heart-Healthy Eating
Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish and Fish Oil
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Helping a Loved One After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Hemorrhagic Stroke
High Blood Pressure: Nutrition Tips
High Blood Pressure: Over-the-Counter Medicines to Avoid
High Cholesterol: How a Dietitian Can Help
High-Output Heart Failure
Home Blood Pressure Log
How the Heart Works
How to Find Sodium
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Types
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Risk of Sudden Death
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
Intermittent Claudication
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Ischemia
Isolated Systolic High Blood Pressure
Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet
Joan's Story: Coping With Depression and Anxiety From Heart Failure
Joe's Story: Changing My Lifestyle
Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
Leadless Pacemaker
Leg Amputation
Leriche Syndrome
Linda's Story: Quitting Smoking Lowers My Risk
Manage Stress for Your Heart
Maze Procedure
Medicines That Can Cause Changes in Heart Rate or Rhythm
Medicines That Increase the Chance for a Heat-Related Illness
Medicines to Prevent Abnormal Heart Rhythm in Heart Failure
Mediterranean Diet
Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Repair or Replace the Valve?
Mitral Valve Repair Surgery
Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery
Mitral Valve Stenosis: Repair or Replacement?
Modify Recipes for a Heart-Healthy Diet
Monitoring During Anesthesia
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Myxoma Tumors of the Heart
Normal Vital Signs for Adults
Oxygen Therapy
Pacemaker
People Who Need Antibiotics to Prevent Endocarditis
Peripheral Arterial Angioplasty
Peripheral Arterial Disease and Exercise
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Pulse and Blood Pressure Measurement
Phlebectomy
Physical Activity Helps Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke
Pregnancy: Varicose Veins
Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
Pressure Injuries: Prevention and Treatment
Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis From Travel
Quick Tips: Taking Charge of Your Angina
Radiofrequency Ablation for Varicose Veins
Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
Resuming Sexual Activity After a Heart Attack
Rheumatic Fever and the Heart
Right-Sided Heart Failure
Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
Sally's Story: Avoiding Metabolic Syndrome
Sclerotherapy
Self-Care After a Stroke
Sex and Your Heart
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease
Sodium Record
SPECT Image of the Heart
Statins
Stroke: Behavior Changes
Stroke: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Stroke: Changes in Emotions
Stroke: Common Problems
Stroke: Dealing With Depression
Stroke: Getting Dressed
Stroke: How to Prevent Another One
Stroke: Memory Tips
Stroke: Perception Changes
Stroke: Preventing Injury in Affected Limbs
Stroke: Problems With Ignoring the Affected Side
Stroke: Speech and Language Problems
Stroke: Your Rehabilitation Team
Sudden Heart Failure
Temporal Artery Biopsy
Thrombolytics for Heart Attack and Stroke
Tony's Story: Taking Medicine for High Cholesterol
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Turning Off Your ICD
Types of Bradycardia
Tyrell's Story: Taking Pills for High Blood Pressure
Understanding Virtual Care (Telemedicine)
Using Nitroglycerin for Angina
Vagal Maneuvers for Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Valvuloplasty for Aortic Valve Stenosis
Valvuloplasty for Mitral Valve Stenosis
Varicose Veins Home Treatment
Vein Ligation and Stripping
Venous Skin Ulcers: Home Treatment
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure
Warfarin and Vitamin K
Weight and Coronary Artery Disease
What to Do if Your Cardiac Device Is Recalled
When to Have a Cholesterol Test
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Should I Get a Screening Test?
Advance Care Planning: Should I Receive CPR and Life Support?
Aspirin: Should I Take Daily Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke?
Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?
Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Take an Anticoagulant to Prevent Stroke?
Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Try Electrical Cardioversion?
Atrial Fibrillation: Which Anticoagulant Should I Take to Prevent Stroke?
Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram?
Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Angioplasty for Stable Angina?
Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Bypass Surgery?
Coronary Calcium Scan: Should I Have This Test?
Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)?
Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
High Blood Pressure: Should I Take Medicine?
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Should I Have a Procedure or Surgery?
Statins: Should I Take Them to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke?
Stroke Prevention: Should I Have a Carotid Artery Procedure?
Supraventricular Tachycardia: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?
Varicose Veins: Should I Have a Surgical Procedure?
Blood Thinners Other Than Warfarin: Taking Them Safely
Compression Stockings: How to Use Them
Coronary Artery Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart
Healthy Eating: Cutting Unhealthy Fats From Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
Heart Arrhythmias and Exercise
Heart Failure Daily Action Plan
Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Properly
Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids
Heart Health: Walking for a Healthy Heart
High Blood Pressure: Checking Your Blood Pressure at Home
High Blood Pressure: Taking Medicines Properly
High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
ICD: Living Well With It
Low-Salt Diets: Eating Out
Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
Pacemaker: Living Well With It
Warfarin: Taking Your Medicine Safely
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