Exercise Heart Attack Plaque 
Physiologically Speaking
JANUARY 5, 2024
Exercise prevents and reverses cardiovascular disease, but whether high-intensity exercise training (HIIT) is safe and effective for adults after minimally invasive heart surgery is unknown. Exercise is a wonder drug for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and reversal. Cardiac rehab works wonders.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 19, 2023
You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. But can coronary artery disease be reversed with lifestyle measures, including changes to nutrition and exercise? REVERSAL Investigators.
Physiologically Speaking
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
These numbers indicate rising participation — an increase in people involved in chronic endurance exercise training for the sake of competition and health. heart attack, arrhythmia, underlying congenital heart abnormality). We know exercise, and especially a marathon, stresses the heart.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
JANUARY 30, 2024
. ‘ Snipers Alley ’, it turns out, is an age between 40-60, where mostly males were having fatal heart attacks. These patients were not overly bothered about having a heart attack at age 80, but usually, one of their friends, aged 52 or so, had just had a heart attack, and they did not want to be next.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The reason they have chosen to wear gym clothes is that they expect to do an exercise stress test as part of their assessment. Because if you are ‘getting your heart checked’ , you must do an exercise stress test, right? And the less plaque you have, the lower the risk of a heart attack.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
APRIL 5, 2024
This refers to all the steps necessary to reduce the odds of a subsequent event, such as a second heart attack or stroke. So, let’s cover seven things that reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack. Just because you have heart disease or have had a heart attack does not mean there is a lot that can be done.
Physiologically Speaking
APRIL 10, 2024
If you exercise, you’ll probably live longer than someone who doesn’t. But can you exercise too much? Like anything — food, alcohol, work — exercise can also be overdone. There’s more debate about the optimal level of exercise for reducing the risk of death and disease.
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