Cardiovascular Disorders and Diseases Articles

From children and athletes to the older population, cardiomyopathy can affect anyone and lead to devastating outcomes. Understanding your risk factors can be crucial for the diagnosis and the prevention of complications like sudden cardiac death.

How is heart muscle disease, or cardiomyopathy, diagnosed?

A third of diagnoses in patients with cardiomyopathy of unknown origin remain unidentified using conventional diagnostic techniques. A biopsy can offer much more precise information. What should patients know?

The rule of thumb is that if you are able to walk at a regular pace without feeling any pain or discomfort, you are also cleared to have sex.

While integrating different therapies and natural treatments into your recovery after a heart attack isn’t a bad idea, it’s important to follow your doctor’s orders and not disregard modern medicine.

Relaxation techniques can help people destress, which helps them recover faster after a heart attack, but also help eliminate one of the risk factors that could potentially lead to another cardiac event.

Being one of the risk factors for a heart attack, smoking is one of the first things that you have to get out of your system if you’ve survived such a dramatic event.

Patients with coronary heart disease are more likely to get a stroke and vice versa. This article outlines the relationship between coronary heart disease and stroke.

Some studies indicate that people that get recurring migraines are more likely to get coronary heart disease and stroke. Why?

Anxiety and depression are commonly diagnosed in patients with coronary heart disease. How can you best cope with such a dual diagnosis?