Heart Disease

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Learn the keys to better heart health.

Heart News

The latest heart-related news headlines.

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Heart Disease Feature Story

iPods Won't Make You Miss a Beat

Study refutes idea that music devices interfere with pacemakers

The hearts of music lovers everywhere can rest a little easier: New research refutes an older study that suggested that iPods -- and similar digital music players -- could cause pacemakers to malfunction. full story»

Heart-Related Illnesses and Conditions

Find information about illnesses and conditions that relate to the heart or search the entire database.

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Heart-Related 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.


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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