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Heart Disease
Heart Disease Topic

Heart Disease Topic
Learn the keys to better heart health.

Heart News  
The latest heart-related news headlines.

• Sen. Edward Kennedy Hospitalized After Experiencing a Seizure
• Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble
• New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices
• More related headlines

Related News

Heart Disease Feature Story  

Stents May Not Be the Ultimate AnswerStents May Not Be the Ultimate Answer

Experts urge continued innovation as success rates flatten

Has the bloom gone off the rose, so to speak? The value of using stents to open blocked heart arteries -- once the subject of considerable fanfare -- is now being questioned by some heart experts. full story»


Heart-Related Illnesses and Conditions  
Find information about illnesses and conditions that relate to the heart or search the entire database.



Illnesses and Conditions
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Heart-Related Complementary and Alternative Medicine  
Search complementary and alternative therapies for heart.


Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Heart-Related Drug Guide  
Search the Drug Guide, an electronic drug reference that provides useful patient education, summaries of more than 2,400 commonly prescribed medications.





drug guide

Ace Inhibitors



AntiCoagulants


Beta Blockers



Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blockers



Nitrates (Nitroglycerin and Long-Acting Nitrates)



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Medical Tests 

Ambulatory Electrocardiography

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Catheterization or Coronary Angiography

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Chest X-Ray

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Echocardiography

Electrocardiography

Exercise Electrocardiography

Homocysteine

Pulse Measurement

Thallium/Technetium (Sestamibi) Cardiac Scan

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