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Keeping Your Heart Healthy Through the Holidays and Into the New Year

AMS Cardiology

Adopt a Heart-Healthy Diet: Focus on a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein while limiting saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, and sodium. Regular check-ups allow your cardiologist to detect these issues through tests like blood work, EKGs, and echocardiograms.

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What is the link between thyroid and heart disease?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Cholesterol levels go up when thyroid function comes down. Ultrasound image of the heart – echocardiogram, showing fluid collection around the heart, marked as PE, short for pericardial effusion. Hence the blood stagnates in some parts of the upper chambers (left atrium) and clots may form.

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Changes in heart failure management and long-term mortality over 10 years: observational study

Open Heart

Results 2011/2012 patients were older than those diagnosed a decade before, with lower blood pressure and cholesterol but more comorbidity and healthcare contacts. For the 9963 patients with symptoms recorded by their general practitioner before diagnosis, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing was low, but echocardiogram use rose from 8.3%

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The Role of Genetics in Heart Disease: Can You Prevent It?

MIBHS

Genes influence various biological processes, including cholesterol metabolism, blood pressure regulation, and the strength and structure of your heart and blood vessels. Specific genetic variants, such as those affecting cholesterol metabolism, can increase the likelihood of plaque buildup in the arteries. How Do Genetic Factors Work?

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

Echocardiogram An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce a detailed image of the heart, allowing doctors to see the size of the heart chambers and how well the heart is pumping blood. Monitor blood pressure and cholesterol levels regularly. The following diagnostic tools are commonly used: 1.

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The Importance of Regular Heart Check-Ups: What You Need to Know

AMS Cardiology

Echocardiogram : Uses sound waves to create images of your heart. Blood tests : Measure cholesterol levels, blood sugar and other markers of heart health. These tests may include: Electrocardiogram (ECG) : Records the electrical activity of your heart. Stress test : Assesses your heart’s function under stress.

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Why is ECG machine use? What diseases can EKG monitor detect?

Wellnest

However, an echocardiogram is a different test, also conducted for heart activity. Electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and some other tests are done for patients with cardiac arrest. Coronary artery disease Excessive cholesterol builds up plaque that blocks the arteries supplying blood to the heart.