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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (Expert Forum)

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Questions in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention forum are answered by Dr. Lee Kirksey, associate professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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carotid desease

by fred9301,
51 year old male Family history carotid desease Stats: (brother has...

Adderall Damage?

by ClintDewan3,
About 3 weeks ago I started feeling an irregular heartbeat every 5 minu...

Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation w/ Symptoms

by dee1015,
Background: 34 year old female w/ dual chamber pacemaker for sinus node...
1

Time for another Heart Catheterization?

by jsfield,
I am a 59 year old male weight 195#. Cholesterol 180, HDL 51, LDLC 118...
3

Chest pain during exercise

by flowergirl2060,
I am a 48 year old female. I have a strong history of heart disease in...
10

High tridlycerides only?

by KarenZ,
I just had a good amount of bloodwork analyzed and my triglycerides cam...
4

Stress Echo

by bmdgsd,
57 F w hx of CMV & EBV cadiomyop on mio biopsy. EF inc from 40% - ...
2

Hypertension at 21, chest pain, forceful heart beat, and now upper back pain as well.

by menator,
In early August of 2006 I was diagnosed with hypertension as my bp was ...
3

hypertensive

by kimberly1234,
I just had lap band surgery and a hiatal hernia repair on Monday, June ...
1

Isodil

by JW114,
Hi, I am currently participating in a home-study course to receive Medi...
1

stress echo

by bmdgsd,
What causes these results?
3

robotic bypass

by mey60,
July 2007 my husband had his artery blocked. He went in and they put 2...
3

Arrythmia or palpitation, can I have?

by LCSL,
Few minuts ago I felt one little irregularity of the hearth rythm and a...
5

heart screening test

by Johnmos,
correction Hi I am a male 40 years old, 6'0 275lbs being treated for...
1

strong family history

by flowergirl2060,
My father and grandfather both died at age 38 of heart attacks. Althou...
1

proteinuria,SGPT

by anny2008,
My sister-in-law was diagnosed diabetic. She has a past history of hype...
1

Question on heart rhythm

by boogie4sure,
Hi, this isn't necessarily a prevention question, but I hope maybe yo...
1

Pediatric Dilated Aorta

by mc10,
Do you have any recommendations to prevent or minimize the growth of a ...
1

Recovery from Heart Stents

by Tyranni48,
My husband had 2 stents put in a few days ago. I had to have a friend p...
1

HIgh Blood Pressure

by pickle1111,
I have recently 2x in the 3 months (and again last night) had weird epi...
3

COULD IT BE HEART DISEASE

by ECHANEL,
I AM A 30 Y/O BF Ihave had these chest "spasms",located in the center o...
1

Positive GXT with ST Depression

by grak67,
I recently had a Q_Stress test and received the following report 1-Res...
1

Stent used in angioplasty

by amit1973,
Dear Doctor This is a mail from India regarding the details of stent...
1

Dilated aorta with pectus excavatum history, 25 years old

by ews35,
I am 25 years old and have suffered from fairly severe pectus excavatum...
1

Heartbeat

by Becco,
Heres my situation I am 47 yrs old and have had PVC's as long as I can...
1

suspect ECG

by laletas,
Just got a P-R-T axis result on my ECG of "74 - negative (-) 89 - 41"....
3

26% cardiac calcuim

by dsjb,
with test scoring of 26% cardiac calcium, already on low-dose aspirin, ...
2

regurgitation

by nickname3049,
I'm a 30 year old male, I went thru a brief period of rapid weight gai...
4

Cholesterol elevated after heart surgery--panicked

by mrwjd,
I am 64. My total cholesterol has been between 170-175 my whole life, ...
2

sudden onset of hypertension

by DDL,
I am 54. I've always had very good blood pressure. It changed 3 week...
3

Chest aches

by freightdog,
I am a 59 yr old male who underwent triple bypass surgery 8 months ago....
3

Taking Cholesterol Medication! Have Elevated CPK!!

by md101706,
Taking Lipitor, Niacin and baby Aspirin 81mg to control cholesterol! Re...
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