Heart Disease Treatment

Treatment for heart disease can be customized to your needs. Explore what your doctor may recommend so you can have an informed discussion about your care.
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What to Know About Lopressor and Toprol XL (Metoprolol)
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How Heart Disease Is Treated
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Cognitive Impairment After Heart Bypass Surgery
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Common Mistakes With External Pacemakers
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The New Blood Thinners
Anatomy of the human heart
Understanding Heart Transplants
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What Is Quintuple Bypass Surgery?
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What to Expect From a Heart Transplant
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Sternal Precautions After Open Heart Surgery
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Using Beta Blocker Drugs
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Stents vs. Bypass Surgery for Treating Coronary Artery Disease
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Beta Blocker for Treating Patients With Angina
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Learn If You Should Have a Coronary Calcium Scan
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Nitrates for Treating Angina
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Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery Process and Recovery
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Heart Bypass Surgery: Everything You Need to Know
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Open Heart Surgery Risks and Complications
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Treating Stable Angina
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Treatment of Premature Ventricular Complexes
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Ablation Therapy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
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All About Pacemakers
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Medications Used to Treat High Blood Pressure
Doctor holding a pacemaker.
Pacemaker Battery Replacement: Signs of Low Battery
Sometimes Pills are Good for You. Take the Annuity P.I.L.L. Test to Find Out!
Calcium Channel Blockers for Treating Angina
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How Atrial Fibrillation Is Treated
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Rhythm-Control Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
Results of a coronary angiography.
What Is Cardiac Catheterization?
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When a Pacemaker Is Needed for a Heart Block
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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Complications
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The Valsalva Maneuver and the Vagus Nerve
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The Developments in Stent Technologies
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The Problem With Using Stents
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An Overview of Aortic Dissection
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Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
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What Is a Stent?
Medical experts are studying the ECG recording
The Strange History of Amiodarone
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Staging of Mitral Regurgitation
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Unusual Features and Side Effects of Amiodarone
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Why ACE Inhibitors and ARBs Should Be Avoided During Pregnancy
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6 Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation
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Do You Really Need a Stent for CAD?
Male cardiologist discusses diagnosis with patient
Causes and Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation
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Medications Used to Treat Cardiac Arrhythmias
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Is Digoxin Still Useful in Heart Disease?
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Do You Need to See a Cardiologist?
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Do Angioplasty and Stents Improve Survival?
Picture of a chest scar after open heart surgery.
5 Ways to Maintain Sternal Precautions
An Overview of the Implantable Defibrillator
Cardiologist doctor in the operation room
What Is Double Bypass Surgery?
A doctor performing chelation therapy
What Is Chelation Therapy?
Doctor listening to his patients hearbeat
What Is a Cardiac Care Unit?
A woman sitting on a park bench with heart pain
Statins and Your Calcium Scores