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Chat With a Doctor: Coronary Artery Disease
Register for Online Chat Do you have a question about coronary artery disease? Stephen Ellis, MD, Section Head of Invasive/Interventional Cardiology, and Joseph Sabik, MD, Chairman of Thoracic and...
View ArticleFor Mitral Valve Surgery, Timing Is Key
Your heart valves regulate blood flow and prevent blood from backing up in the heart or flowing in the wrong direction. Mitral valve disease is a disorder of the valve that separates the upper chamber...
View ArticleAfter Heart Attack: Eat Better, Live Longer
Many people know that a healthy diet can help prevent heart disease. But results of a new study published in the September online edition of JAMA Internal Medicine claim that even after experiencing a...
View ArticleResearchers Study New Stent’s Pros, Cons
The introduction of stents helped restore blood flow to patients who had clogged arteries (atherosclerosis) – without surgery. Stephen G. Ellis, MD, Section Head of Invasive/Interventional Cardiology...
View ArticleDiabetes Drug Deemed Safe For Heart
For years, doctors worried about whether drugs to lower blood sugar would affect how people’s hearts function. Now, results of a recent study show that DPP-4 inhibitors (a class of diabetes drugs) are...
View ArticleCatching Cancer Survivors’ Heart Damage Earlier
Cancer patients benefit from radiation therapy, but because of the effect of chest radiation on the heart, they can develop cardiovascular disease later in life. The medical community first identified...
View ArticleBeating-Heart Surgery Makes Sense – For Some
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery has been successfully performed for more than 55 years and on thousands of patients. As a standard part of the procedure, a heart and lung bypass machine...
View ArticleIndividual Care Best for Young Cardiac Patients
A new study affirms that the long-standing practice of focusing on the individual and employing a multidisciplinary approach in treating children with pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic Ranked No. 1 in the Nation: Heart Care, Urology
For 20 years running, Cleveland Clinic has been named the No.1 hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2013-2014.” Its...
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A Post ER Follow-Up Could Save Your Life
Even if Emergency Room doctors say you didn’t actually have a heart attack, that doesn’t mean you have a clean bill of health. You should still follow up with your doctor. As originally reported by...
View ArticleWhy Would My Doctor Order a Lipoprotein(a) Blood Test?
Q: What is Lipoprotein(a), and why is it important? A: It’s well known that low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad cholesterol,” is a major cause of heart disease. But there’s a lesser-known kind of...
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