Ask the Expert - Heart Care
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Symptoms of a Heart Attack w/Mark Starling, MD
The following is a list of cardiac-related Ask the Expert columns and videos by our medical specialists.
Topics include:
- Arrhythmia basics Featuring: Himanshu H. Shukla, MD
- Atrial Fibrillation
Featuring: H. Kenith Fang, MD
- Atrial Fibrillation Featuring Dudley Hudspeth, MD
- What are the risks of untreated A Fib? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
- My cardiologist says I have atrial fibrillation. What is A Fib and is it common? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
- Why does A Fib occur? Featuring Wilber Su, MD
- Atrial fibrillation and stroke Featuring Andrew Atiemo, MD
- Atrial fibrillation treatment options Featuring Wilber Su, MD
- Atrial fibrillation ablation Featuring Wilber Su, MD
- Alternative to warfarin for A Fib Featuring Reshy Gomes, MD
- Is Afib a form of a heart attack? Featuring Rajeev Garg, MD
- Heart palpitations Featuring Faran Bashir, MD
- What causes heart palpitations Featuring: Amar Singh, MD
- Cholesterol basics Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD
- Cholesterol medications Featuring: Dennis McAllister
- Measuring cholesterol buildup Featuring: Thomas Perry, MD
- Understanding cholesterol drug research Featuring Adhar Seth, MD
- What do my cholesterol test results mean? Featuring Jason Brown, MD
- How can I lower my cholesterol without using medications Featuring Nicholoas Sparacino, D.O.
- Heart Failure
Featuring Robert Mondschein, MD
- Heart Failure: Featuring Jody Bock, RN
- Congestive Heart Failure: Featuring: Parminder Singh, MD
- How can I reduce my risk of heart failure? Featuring Ken Dizon, MD
- Reduce salt to prevent heart failure Featuring Kristine Brubaker
- Nutrition and heart failure Featuring Kristine Brubaker
- CT scans Featuring: Sarna Valliappan, MD
- Non-invasive artery disease testing Featuring: Alan Grossman, MD
- Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography, Featuring Sunny Ly, MD
- Cardiac calcium scoring Featuring James Ganem, MD
- What is an aortogram? Featuring Jeffrey Kao, MD
- Bad sleep and heart health Featuring Youngsoo Cho, MD
- Electrophysiology and Your Heart
Featuring Nisha Tung, MD
- How does exercise help my heart? Featuring Matthew Wisehart
- How much exercise do I need for a healthy heart? Featuring Kenneth Wutoh
- Peripheral artery disease Featuring Neil Kramer, MD
- Peripheral artery disease and leg pain Featuring Douglas Carlon, MD
- What is warfarin? Featuring Timothy Maly, MD
- Red wine, chocolate -- good for the heart? Featuring: Mariel Morales
- Asprin and Heart Attacks
Featuring: Mark Starling, MD
- Does taking an aspirin reduce my chances of a heart attack? Featuring Steven Brown, MD
- What do I do if I have chest pains? Featuring Chris Wright, MD
- Heart Attacks and "Healthy People'' Featuring Nathan Laufer, MD
- Risk Factors for Heart Attack and Stroke
Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD - Heart Attacks while exercising Featuing: Lawrence Kline, MD
- Symptoms of a Heart Attack
Featuring: Mark Starling, MD - Heart attack symptoms in women Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD
- Heart Attacks and Women
Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD
- Heart Attack Symptoms in Women Featuring Barbara Lambeth, RN
- Heart attack signs in men and women Featuring Annie Celigoj, MD
- How can I help a person who is having a heart attack? Featuring Kristine Sellberg, MD
- Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Featuring: Gary Rath, MD
- Diabetes and the Risk for Heart Disease
Featuring: Mark Starling, MD - Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Heart Attack: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Smoking
Featuring: Mark Starling, MD
- How can I prevent heart disease? Featuring Annie Celigoj, MD
- Unstable Angina and Coronary Artery Disease
Featuring: Nathan Laufer, MD - Heart disease and dental hygienie
Featuring: Youngsoo Cho, MD - Non-invasive artery disease testing Featuring Alan Grossman, MD
- Robotic Heart Surgery
Featuring: H. Kenith Fang, MD
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Featuring Rajeev Kathuria, MD
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Featuring Rajeev Kathuria, MD
- Alternative to open heart surgery Featuring Timothy Byrne, D.O.
- High blood pressure basics Featuring: Mariel Morales
- Treatments for high blood pressure Featuring: Mitchell Ross, MD
- Mitral valve prolapse Featuring: Lawrence Kline, MD
- Testing for mitral valve prolapse Featuring: Lawrence Kline, MD
- How can I prevent heart disease? Featuring Annie Celigoj, MD
- Other than exercise, how can I prevent heart disease Featuring Joshua Cohen, MD
- Cardiovascular Disease and Women
Featuring: Mitchell Ross, MD
- Heart disease in women Featuring: Lawrence Kline, MD
- Should women take aspirin to prevent heart disease? Featuring: Mitchell Ross, MD
- How does stress increase the risk of heart disease Featuring Andrew Atiemo, MD
- Reducing risk factors for heart disease Featuring Anthony Sandoval, MD
- Am I at risk for heart disease? Featuring Cecilia Hirsch, MD
- Steps to reduce the risk of heart disease Featuring Kent Winkler, MD
- Heart health and family history Featuring Fredric Klopf, MD
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
Featuring Rajul Patel, MD
- My legs are red and swollen. Is that serious? Featuring: Kathy Maher, RN
- What causes leg pain while walking? Featuring: Cecil Vaughn III, MD
- Varicose veins and venous disease Featuring: Mitar Vranic, D.O.
- Spider and varicose veins Featuring Charles Raker, MD
- Leg pain while lying in bed Featuring: Kathy Maher, RN
- Peripheral vascular disease Featuring: Rajul Patel, MD
- What is deep vein thrombosis? Featuring Dave Edwards, MD
- How is deep vein thrombosis treated? Featuring Charles Raker, MD
- What causes blood clots? Featuring Sarita Sharma, MD
Page Last Modified: 02/07/2012
