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I am sure you have seen the Cialis ad; it has been around for quite a while and like many others, it plays on TV in context with the expected male audience. While morning shows receive their share of women-focused advertising, men are targeted when sport shows are present. Men are expected (when not lusting after manly trucks, boats or …
Question: I never had any cardiac problems until 6 months ago when I developed a large pericardial effusion which required the doctor to drain a liter of blood. Since then, I had tachycardia and elevated blood pressure. Echos, 24 hour monitor and a stress test have been normal. In August, I had a cardiac MRI which revealed continued pericarditis and …
Surgical Anatomy Presentation Tufts University School of Medicine: Mediastinum Joan F. Tryzelaar, MD, FACS, FACC 1/21/2010 This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online.
On July 19th President George W. Bush underwent a stent procedure (PCI) for a blocked artery in his heart. The condition was discovered Monday when he had his annual physical. The operation was “performed successfully”. As I wrote before when in 2012 Rosy O’Donnell had a heart attack that was treated with a stent, it is not at all certain that either Mr. Bush or …
Surgical Anatomy Lecture, Tufts University School of Medicine Great Vessel Development Joan F. Tryzelaar, MD, FACS, FACCP 1/21/2010 This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online. Animation: (From: Cardiovascular Embryology, http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/cvanim/index.html)
Question: Hi. In July of ’11 I died twice the same night from cardiac arrest. After quad bypass surgery, and beginning to come more and more from some of the strong meds for I guess keeping me sedated, I noticed a tremendous burning on the tops of both feet…neuropathy. The bottoms of my feet are both numb which makes it …
Diabetes affects nearly 26 million people, 8.3 percent of the U.S. population, or almost 100 million people if patients with pre-diabetes are included. The number of Americans with diabetes is projected to double or triple by 2050. Cardiovascular disease, and specifically, angina, is the number one killer in America. Diabetics are at a particularly high risk of developing heart attacks and stroke with …
In March 2013, I participated in a Podcast and several articles, published as “New fronts in heart disease: perspectives from a heart surgeon” in the Digital Journal. In it, I had the opportunity to discuss advances in the the treatment and prevention of heart disease. These were the questions that I addressed during the interview. For the answers I chose from …
Question: Dear Doctor T, A friend died of a heart attack this past Sat. while on a mountain bike ride. He was 46, not overweight, lived a clean lifestyle. It came as a shock to me. Was he most likely born with a heart defect or had family history of heart disease? Cause I’m wondering how this could happen to …
Question: My husband had a heart attack 17 yrs. ago at age 37. He had a 5-way bypass surgery at age 40. After the surgery there was a drastic change in his personality. I expected that recovery would take a little while, but he was completely different. He went from being an easy-going, sharp, good-natured person to very angry and …