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The team at Heart Artery & Vein Center not only wants to provide you with excellent care in our office, we also want you to have resources and tools available to you at home. Visit one of the many trusted sites below to learn more about your health and managing your care.

Education

Angina Pectoris

• American Heart Association
• Mayo Clinic
• CardioSmart
• WebMD

Atrial Fibrillation / Atrial Flutter

• American Heart Association – Atrial Fibrillation (AF or AFib)
• CardioSmart – Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation
• CardioSmart – Pacemaker for Atrial Fibrillation
• WebMD – Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
• WebMD – Heart Disease Health Center
• Cleveland Clinic – Stroke Risk Calculator
• QxMD – CHADS2 Score and Risk of Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
• QxMD – HAS-BLED Score
• American Heart Association – Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiac CT / CT Angiogram

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – What is Cardiac CT?
• National Library of Medicine – Heart CT Scan
• WebMD – Diagnosing Heart Disease With Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)
• CardioSmart – Computed Tomography Angiogram (CT Angiogram)
• RadiologyInfo – Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA)
• RadiologyInfo – CT Angiography (CTA)

Cardiac MRI / MRI Angiogram

• CardioSmart – Cardiac MRI
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – What is Cardiac MRI?
• RadiologyInfo – Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – Cardiac (Heart)
• RadiologyInfo – MR Angiography (MRA)

Cardiomyopathy

• CardioSmart
• WebMD
• American Heart Association
• Mayo Clinic
• Cleveland Clinic

Chest Pain - Cardiac

• American Heart Association – Angina – Chest Pain
• CardioSmart – Heart Disease: Chest Pain (Angina)
• WebMD – Should I have Angioplasty for Stable Angina?
• WebMD – Chest Pain – Topic Overview

Congestive Heart Failure

• WebMD
• CardioSmart
• American Heart Association
• Cleveland Clinic

Coronary Artery Angioplasty Stenting / Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

• CardioSmart – Drug-Eluting Stents
• CardioSmart – Angioplasty for Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
• CardioSmart – Angioplasty for Coronary Artery Disease
• CardioSmart – Should I have Bypass Surgery?
• CardioSmart – Should I have Angioplasty for Stable Angina?
• American Heart Association – What is a Stent?
• American Heart Association – Stent

Coronary Artery Disease

• Cleveland Clinic
• CardioSmart
• Mayo Clinic
• American Heart Association
• WebMD
• American Heart Association – Watch, Learn and Live

Defibrillators

• Mayo Clinic – Implantable Cardio-Defibrillators (ICDs)
• American Heart Association – Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Cleveland Clinic – Lead Placement for Defibrillator or Pacemaker Devices
• WebMD – Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
• CardioSmart – Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

Diets / Risk Factor Management

• American Heart Association – Good vs. Bad Cholesterol
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
• American Heart Association – Get Your Assessment
• Dr. McDougall’s Health & Medical Center – Recipes
• American Heart Association – Recipes
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Eat More, Weigh Less?
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Balancing Calories
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – Heart and Vascular Diseases
• Medscape – Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
• CardioSmart – Metabolic Syndrome
• CVMedHome
• American Diabetes Association – My Health Advisor
• History of the Framingham Heart Study
• Framingham Risk Functions

Erectile Dysfunction, Sexual Function, and the Cardiovascular System

• eMedicineHealth – Heart Failure and Sexual Activity
• eMedicineHealth – Low Testosterone (Low-T)
• eMedicineHealth – Impotence/Erectile Dysfunction
• WebMD – 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
• CardioSmart – Sex and Your Heart
• Mayo Clinic – Erectile Dysfunction

Exercise

• National Library of Medicine – Exercise and Physical Fitness
• American Heart Association – The American Heart Association Recommendations for Physical Activity in Adults
• WebMD – Exercise for a Healthy Heart
• Mayo Clinic – Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and behavior
• CardioSmart – Stress Management

Holter Monitor

• National Library of Medicine – Holter Monitor (24h)
• WebMD – Heart Disease, Electrocardiogram, and Specialized EKGs
• CardioSmart – Ambulatory Electrocardiogram
• American Heart Association – Holter Monitor

Hyperlipidemia

• American Heart Association – Hyperlipidemia
• Heart360

Hypertension

• WebMD – Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Health Center
• CardioSmart – The Dangers of Hypertension
• American Heart Association – Understand Your Risk for High Blood Pressure
• American Heart Association – Assess Your High Blood Pressure Related Risks

Leg Amputation - No Way!!

• My Leg My Choice – Know Your Options
• Fresno Bee – Fresno County Amputation Rate Among State’s Highest
• Save a Leg Save a Life Foundation
• Health Mango – Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) Risk Calculator
• Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development – Preventable Hospitalizations in California
• Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development – Prevention Quality Indicators
• Health Resources and Services Administration – Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention (LEAP)
• Treatment Trends Pushing Diabetic Amputations Down List of Options

Leg Pain - Claudication / Foot Ulcers

• Medscape – Diabetic Ulcers
• Mayo Clinic – Claudication
• American Heart Association – Symptoms and Diagnosis of PAD
• CardioSmart – Intermittent Claudication
• National Library of Medicine – Diabetes – Foot Ulcers
• CME University – The Spectrum of Vascular Disease, Diabetes, and Foot Ulcerations: What You Need to Know

Leg Pain - Peripheral Neuropathy

• Mayo Clinic – Diabetic Neuropathy
• eMedicineHealth – Neuropathy
• Mayo Clinic – Peripheral Neuropathy
• Medscape – Diabetic Neuropathy Treatment & Management

Life after a heart attack and a healthy lifestyle

• WebMD – Weight Loss & Diet Plans
• WebMD – Cardiac Rehabilitation – What to Expect
• WebMD – Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
• WebMD – Sex After a Heart Attack: Is It OK?
• Harvard Health
• Mayo Clinic – Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease
• Mayo Clinic – Menus for heart-healthy eating: Cut the fat and salt
• American Heart Association – Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations
• Mayo Clinic – Mediterranean diet: A heart-healthy eating plan
• YouTube – Heart Healthy Diet
• Mayo Clinic – Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity
• WebMD – Safe Exercise for Heart Disease Patients
• WebMD – Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• WebMD – Depression Health Center
• WebMD – Drugs & Medications Search – Anxiety with Depression

Mitral Valve Prolapse

• CardioSmart – Mitral Valve Prolapse
• WebMD – Mitral Valve Prolapse
• American Heart Association – Problem: Mitral Valve Prolapse

Nuclear Cardiology

• Mayo Clinic – Nuclear Stress Test
• CardioSmart – Stress Nuclear Study
• Cleveland Clinic – Pharmacological Nuclear Stress Test
• American Heart Association – Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography (SPECT)
• Cleveland Clinic – Nuclear Exercise Stress Test

Obesity

• Medscape – Obesity
• American Heart Association – Weight Management
• eMedicineHealth – Surgery in the Treatment of Obesity
• eMedicineHealth – Medication in the Treatment of Obesity
• eMedicineHealth – Health Problems Associated with Adult Obesity
• Weight-Control Information Network – Overweight and Obesity Statistics
• Shape Up America!
• Dr. McDougall’s Health & Medical Center – A Lesson in Nutrition

Osteomyelitis / Cellulitis

• Mayo Clinic – Osteomyelitis
• Mayo Clinic – Cellulitis
• National Library of Medicine – Stasis Dermatitis and Ulcers

Pacemakers / Resynchronization Therapy

• WebMD – Abnormal Heart Rhythms and Pacemakers
• American Heart Association – Artificial Pacemaker
• CardioSmart; American College of Cardiology – Pacemaker for Heart Failure (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
• Mayo Clinic – Bradycardia
• American Heart Association – Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
• CardioSmart – Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

PAD and Peripheral Artery Interventions - Stents, Atherectomy

• Cleveland Clinic – Circulation in the Legs
• Cleveland Clinic – Vascular Ultrasound: Arterial and Venous Mapping
• Wounds International – Diabetic Foot Ulcerations

Palpitations

• WebMD – What Causes Heart Palpitations
• CardioSmart – Heart Rhythm Problems: Symptoms
• American Heart Association – Tachycardia – Fast Heart Rate

Peripheral Arterial Disease

• eMedicineHealth – Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Legs
• American Heart Association – Peripheral Artery Disease & Diabetes
• WebMD – Peripheral Artery Disease of the Legs
• Cleveland Clinic – Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) & Amputation Prevention
• Medscape – Ankle-Brachial Index Measurement
• Mayo Clinic – Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
• American Heart Association – Symptoms and Diagnosis of PAD
• CardioSmart – Exercise for PAD: Trying it at Home
• American Heart Association – About Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Pulmonary Hypertension

• American Heart Association – What is Pulmonary Hupertension
• CardioSmart – Longterm Treatment for Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association – Patients

Research & Publications

• The Journal of Invasive Cadiology – Finding the Sweet Spot for Non-Apical RV Pacing
• EP Lab Digest – Finding the Sweet Spot for Non-Apical RV Pacing

Smoking

• CardioSmart – Stop Smoking
• Smoke Free
• Cleveland Clinic – Dangers of Second-Hand Smoke
• Medscape – Nicotine Addiction
• American Heart Association – Why Quit Smoking?
• Medicare – Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation
• Cleveland Clinic – Pharmacological Treatments to Help Quit Smoking
• WebMD – 13 Best Quit-Smoking Tips Ever
• iQuitNow – Quitting: Just a Question of Willpower?

Stress Testing

• Mayo Clinic – Nuclear Stress Test
• CardioSmart; American College of Cardiology – Stress Tests and Chest Pain
• Cleveland Clinic – Exercise Stress Test
• American Heart Association – Exercise Stress Test
• WebMD – Cardiac Perfusion Scan

Sudden Cardiac Death

• American Heart Association – Sudden cardiac death affects about 1 in 44,000 NCAA athletes a year
• CardioSmart – A Stark Reminder of Americans’ Widespread Heart Disease Risk
• WebMD – Heart Disease and Sunned Cardiac Death
• American Heart Association – Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Syncope or Fainting Spells

• MedicineNet – Fainting (Syncope)
• CardioSmart – Passing Out (Syncope) Caused by Arrhythmias
• American Heart Association – Syncope (Fainting)
• American Heart Association – Tilt-Table Test
• American Heart Association – Cardiac Event Recorder
• CardioSmart – Pacemaker for Bradycardia

Tilt Table Test

• CardioSmart – Tilt Table Test
• Dysautonomia Information Network – Neurocardiogenic Syncope
• Mayo Clinic – Vasovagal Syncope

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• eMedicineHealth – Type 2 Diabetes – Learn the Warning Signs
• National Library of Medicine – Diabetes Type 2
• American Heart Association – Symptoms, Diagnosis & Monitoring of Diabetes
• CardioSmart – Type 2 Diabetes
• CardioSmart – Type 1 Diabetes

Ulcers

• American Venous Forum – Compression Therapy for Venous Disorders and Venous Ulceration
• Cleveland Clinic – Lower Extremity (Leg and Foot) Ulcers
• National Library of Medicine – Sores That Will Not Heal

Valve Disease - Aortic Valve

• CardioSmart – Aortic Valve Stenosis
• CardioSmart – Aortic Valve Regurgitation
• American Heart Association – Problem: Aortic Valve Stenosis
• American Heart Association – Problem: Aortic Valve Regurgitation
• American Heart Association – Options for Heart Valve Replacement

Valve Disease - Mitral Valve

• American Heart Association – Problem: Mitral Valve Prolapse
• American Heart Association – Problem: Mitral Valve Stenosis
• American Heart Association – Problem: Mitral Valve Regurgitation
• American Heart Association – About Heart Valves

Varicose Veins / Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

• VenaCure EVLT– Eliminate your Varicose Veins – Before/After Gallery
• WebMD – Spider and Varicose Slideshow: Causes, Before-and-After Treatment Images
• National Library of Medicine – Varicose Veins
• Mayo Clinic – Varicose Veins
• Medscape – Vericose Vein Treatment with Endovenous Laser
• eMedicine Health – Varicose Veins
• VenaCure EVLT – Find a Vein Center in Your Area
• VenaCure EVLT– VenaCure EVLT for Varicose Veins
• eMedicineHealth – Deep Vein Thrombosis
• American College of Phlebology – Patient Education
• American Venous Forum – Screening
• eMedicineHealth – Vein Ligation and Stripping
• American Heart Association – Postthrombotic Syndrome

Ventricular Fibrillation / Ventricular Tachycardia

• CardioSmart – Pacemaker for Bradycardia
• American Heart Association – Ventricular Fibrillation
• WebMD – Ventricular Tachycardia