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Atrial fibrillation: What you need to know
Atrial fibrillation: What you need to know
Everyone’s heart changes pace throughout the day in response to the body's needs. The heart speeds up during physical exercise to provide more blood to working muscles. It slows down during sleep, when the body is at rest. These normal changes help the heart serve the body more effectively. A heartb...
Heart attack symptoms, risk and recovery
Heart attack symptoms, risk and recovery
A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, happens when a part of the heart muscle doesn’t get enough blood. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart muscle. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of heart attack. A les...
Controlling high blood pressure
About 15 million Americans have high blood pressure and don’t know it. Normal blood pressure is in the range of 120/80. The 120 is the measure of systolic pressure, the amount of pressure your heart generates when pumping blood out through the arteries. The 80 is the measure of diastolic pressure, t...
What is atrial fibrillation and how is it treated?
What is atrial fibrillation and how is it treated?
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and rapid heartbeat due to disorganized signals from the electrical system of the heart. During atrial fibrillation, upper chambers of the heart may beat as fast as 400 times a minute. This may cause devastating symptoms such as heart failure, stroke or even death...
Know your numbers
Know your numbers
High blood pressure has no signs or symptoms, but measuring it to stay healthy is quick and painless. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body. It normally rises and falls throughout the day, but it ca...