What does it mean when a doctor says you have a stiff heart? A: A stiff heart… as a surgeon I have had many a heart in my hand that feels like that. It is usually the result of scarring and a long history of high blood pressure. During surgery, such a heart was more difficult to operate upon and …
How is cardiac muscle similar to smooth muscle and skeletal muscle?
It is and it isn’t, and here are some of the important differences: Heart muscle — also called cardiac muscle — makes up the wall of the heart. Throughout our life, it contracts some 70 times per minute pumping about 5 liters of blood each minute. Skeletal muscle, as its name implies, is the muscle attached to the skeleton. It …
Roasted Beet Risotto with Goat Cheese Gouda and Arugula Pesto
Risotto is one of those entrees you wonder how you lived without for so long. It is not a minor meal, in that it takes both time and effort to make. Today’s recipe has it made with vegetable stock; I prefer chicken on this occasion (left over whole chicken in the fridge). It takes more time, but the results are …
My dad has worsening Congestive Heart Failure. What should he do?
Q: My dad is 74yo with Hx of CAD; 4x CABG (12yrs ago); Atrial Fib (taking warfarin/metoprolol); otherwise very healthy. Over the past year he has had worsening SX of CHF. He was hospitalized July 2010 for this — had 1.5 L fluid drained from his lungs and blood transfusion to treat RBC (2.8) H/H (8.7/25.9). His BUN/Cr was 59/1.8 …
On the management of chronic stable and refractory angina. A review.
Medications The COURAGE Trial AHA recommendations for Life style modifications Interventions PCI CABG Comments Conclusions The objectives in treating angina are relief of pain and prevention of disease progression through risk factor reduction. Traditional anti-anginal agents include nitrates, β-blockers, and calcium channel blockers. The method by which angina is relieved is well understood and includes the following mechanisms: Cardiovascular effects …
Can you help me with my high Blood Pressure?
Q: sir kindly suggest oral medicine that can work maximum fast for fast heart rate unbearable 130 to 156 per min with or without raise of hypertension 180/110–capotril?? 25 mg(ace inhibitor that works in 20 mint)–betablocker metpploror-25 mg( works in 30 mint) any other fast acting transiquilzer can you give for serch in google? –age 50 weight 102 kg-5.7–diabetic between …
Actions, Indications and Side effects of Beta Blockers
Beta (β) blockers stop the action of epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) on so-called β-adrenergic receptors, part of the sympathetic nervous system which mediates the “fight or flight” response. If you feel this “skipped beat” every time you take your Propranolol, it is most likely an indication it has “kicked in” and started doing its job.
Statin side effects
The most common side effects of statins include:
Inaccurate risk calculators & the drug industry
A recent NYTimes article describes the inaccurate use of heart risk calculators that may lead to many Americans getting unnecessary medications of statins, the drugs prescribed to lower your cholesterol. Unlike the point based calculators used in many (including some very prestigious) websites, we have applied the original, accurate calculations to the 10 year risk calculator used on this website.
Inaccuarte Risk Predictor Calculator sponsored by the Drug Industry?
A September 20, 2010, NYTimes article describes inaccurate outcomes with a point based tool to calculate your chances of developing coronary artery disease & stroke over the next 10 years. The simplified system was developed so doctors and patients would not need a computer. Each risk factor corresponds to a number of points; the more points you have, the higher …