Category: Heart And Vascular

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Anchor lead: MRIs and cardiac devices can be compatible, Elizabeth Tracey reports Good news for people with implanted cardiac devices: if you need an MRI scan you can have one safely, research by Henry Halperin and colleagues at Johns Hopkins …

January 17, 2018 – MRI Safety Read more »

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Anchor lead: If you have an implanted cardiac device, you most likely can have an MRI scan safely, Elizabeth Tracey reports Implanted cardiac devices are lifesavers, restarting the heart or keeping it beating correctly, but when it comes to the …

January 16, 2018 – MRI and Devices Read more »

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Anchor lead: You may not need to fast before having your blood tested for cholesterol, Elizabeth Tracey reports Fasting may be thing of the past when it comes to testing for cholesterol in the blood. That’s according to research by …

January 15, 2018 – Fasting and LDL Read more »

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Anchor lead: Can we identify those at risk of heart attacks taking place early in life? Elizabeth Tracey reports When someone who’s fairly young has a heart attack, everyone is shocked. Now a new study takes a closer look at …

December 19, 2017 – Early Heart Attacks Read more »

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Anchor lead: What can you do if you’ve just been told you have high blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports 130 over 80. That’s the new guideline for defining high blood pressure, or hypertension, and it places many more people squarely …

December 15, 2017 – First Line Treatment Read more »

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Anchor lead: What do changes in high blood pressure guidelines mean for you? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you have a blood pressure reading where the top number, the systolic number, is over 130, or the lower number, the diastolic number, …

December 14, 2017 – High Blood Pressure Read more »

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Anchor lead: Should people with chest pain get stents placed in their heart? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who have chest pain and are shown to have some blockage in their heart arteries are often treated with stents, a type of …

December 13, 2017 – Stents? Read more »