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Heart disease

Risk factors

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• Heart disease risk calculator Heart disease risk: Use this tool to calculate your risk of having a heart attack.
• Stress symptoms: Effects on your body, feelings and behavior Stress symptoms — Learn how stress can affect your health so that you can take action.

Symptoms

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• Bradycardia Bradycardia — Comprehensive overview of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of a slow heartbeat.
• Tachycardia Tachycardia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of a rapid heartbeat.
• Heart attack symptoms: Know what's a medical emergency Watch for these heart attack symptoms.

Tests and diagnosis

• Blood tests for heart disease Blood tests offer clues to your heart health. Here's information about these blood tests.
• Cholesterol test Cholesterol test — Overview covers how to interpret the results of this common blood test.
• C-reactive protein test C-reactive protein test — Overview covers what to expect and results from this blood test.
• Chest X-rays Chest X-rays — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this imaging test.
• Cardiac catheterization Cardiac catheterization — Overview covers definition, risks and results of this test for heart problems.

Causes

• Chagas disease Chagas disease — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatments of this parasitic infection.

Complications

• Flu shots: Especially important if you have heart disease Flu shots are recommended for anyone with heart disease. Find out why.
• Myocardial ischemia Myocardial ischemia — Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms and treatment of this heart disorder.

Treatments and drugs

• Daily aspirin therapy: Understand the benefits and risks Daily aspirin therapy can be lifesaving or life-threatening. Discover if you're a good candidate.
• Cardioversion Cardioversion — Overview covers what to expect during this procedure to reset your heart's rhythm.
• Drug-eluting stents: Do they increase heart attack risk? Drug-eluting stents are generally safe if used with proper medications. Find out more.
• Angina treatment: Stents, drugs, lifestyle changes — What's best? Choosing angina treatment — angioplasty, stents or lifestyle changes — can be confusing. Find out more.
• Gene therapy Gene therapy — Overview covers definition, risk, results of this experimental procedure.

Lifestyle and home remedies

• Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease Ready to start your heart-healthy diet? Here are eight tips to get you started.
• Menus for heart-healthy eating: Cut the fat and salt Use these menus to jump-start your heart-healthy diet.
• Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health Discover how walnuts, almonds and other nuts help lower cholesterol and im-prove heart health.
• Mediterranean diet recipes These healthy and appealing recipes will get you hooked on the Mediterranean diet.
• Exercise and chronic disease: Get the facts Exercise and chronic disease — Find out what you need to know before starting an exercise routine.
• Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart Omega-3 fatty acids in fish are good for your heart. Find out more.
• Trans fat is double trouble for your heart health Trans fat raises "bad" (LDL) cholesterol and lowers "good" (HDL) cholesterol.

Alternative medicine

• Herbal supplements may not mix with heart medicines Some herbal supplements can have dangerous interactions with heart medications.
• Chelation therapy for heart disease Chelation therapy for heart disease — Overview covers the definition and risks of this procedure.

Prevention

• Red wine and resveratrol: Good for your heart? Red wine and something in it called resveratrol may be good for your heart.
• Couponing and other frugal food shopping tips Use these frugal food shopping tips to achieve healthy savings on your grocery bill.
• Mediterranean diet: Choose this heart-healthy diet option The heart-healthy Mediterranean diet emphasizes healthy fats, fruits and vegetables.
• Tool: Target heart rate calculator Target heart rate calculator — Calculate your target heart rate zone to exercise safely.
• 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart disease Heart disease prevention — five strategies you can adopt now to protect your heart.
• Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart Omega-3 fatty acids in fish are good for your heart. Find out more.

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