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Cardiovascular Advisor
Welcome to our online patient education resources. In these pages, you’ll find up-to-date medical information about the different diseases, conditions and treatments in cardiovascular health. We’ve organized the information alphabetically, and included useful diagrams and detailed explanations.
You can use this material before visiting your doctor or during your treatment to have a clearer understanding of your specific condition. For specific questions, consult your doctor or call us at (323) 265-5050 for a referral.
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A- A-V block
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
- Abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy and grafting *
- Ablation treatment
- ACE inhibitors *
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and heart disease
- AED (automated external defibrillator)
- AEM (ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring)
- AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and heart disease
- Alcohol and heart disease
- Alcohol in diet
- Alcohol in diet, brief version *
- Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring (AEM)
- Aneurysm
- Angina
- Angiogram *
- Angiography
- Angioplasty
- Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors *
- Angiotensin receptor blockers
- Anti-arrhythmic medicines
- Anticoagulants
- Antiplatelets
- Aorta, coarctation of
- Aortic aneurysm, abdominal
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic valve
- ARBs
- Arrhythmia
- Arterial Doppler studies
- Arteries
- hardening of
- illustration of circulatory system *
- transposition of
- Arteritis, temporal (giant cell)
- Arthritis (rheumatoid) and the heart
- Artificial heart valves
- Aspirin and heart disease
- Asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH)
- Atherectomy
- Atheroma, removal
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial fibrillation *
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrial ventricular block
- Atrioventricular node, illustration
- Atrioventricular septal defect
- Atypical angina
- Automated external defibrillator (AED)
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- Balloon
- Beta blockers *
- Birth defects
- atrial septal defect
- coarctation of the aorta
- congenital heart disease
- endocardial cushion defect
- hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- patent foramen ovale
- tetralogy of Fallot
- transposition of the great vessels
- ventricular septal defect
- Biventricular pacing
- Blocked carotid artery
- Blood clots
- Blood lipids
- Blood tests
- BMI chart *
- Body mass index (BMI), chart for calculating *
- Bradycardia
- Bypass surgery *
- Calcium channel blockers
- Cancer
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiac electron beam (ultra-fast) computed tomography
- Cardiac event monitoring
- Cardiac pacing
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardiac transplantation
- Cardiac tumors
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiologists, when to see
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Cardioversion, electrical *
- Cardioverter defibrillators, implantable (ICD)
- Carotid artery disease *
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Catheter ablation
- Catheterization
- Cerebrovascular accident (see also Stroke)
- Cerebrovascular accident, brief version (see also Stroke) *
- Cerebrovascular disease *
- Chest pain, noncardiac
- Cholesterol
- Chronic lung disease and cor pulmonale
- Circulatory system, illustration *
- Claudication, intermittent
- Clot busters (thrombolytics) *
- Clots, blood
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Cocaine and the heart
- Computed tomography, cardiac electron beam (ultra-fast)
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure *
- Connective tissue disease
- COPD and cor pulmonale
- Cor pulmonale
- Coronary angiogram
- Coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Coronary artery disease *
- Coronary artery stents
- Coronary intensive care unit
- Coronary spasm
- Coumadin (warfarin)
- CPR
- CT (computed tomography), ultra-fast
- DASH diet
- Deep vein thrombosis *
- Defibrillation
- Dermatomyositis
- Diabetes and heart disease
- Diastolic dysfunction
- Diastolic heart failure
- Diet
- DASH
- food pyramid illustration *
- for weight loss *
- healthy diet
- healthy diet, brief version *
- losing weight *
- low sodium for hypertension
- low sodium for hypertension, brief version *
- Nutrition Facts label, illustration
- nutrition labels, how to read
- salt/sodium in diet *
- to control cholesterol
- to control cholesterol, brief version *
- Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH diet)
- Digitalis
- Digoxin
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Directional atherectomy
- Dissection, aortic
- Diuretics *
- Dobutamine stress echocardiogram
- ECG (electrocardiogram) *
- Echocardiogram
- Edema, pulmonary
- EKG (electrocardiogram) *
- Electrical cardioversion *
- Electrocardiogram
- Electron beam (ultra-fast) computed tomography, cardiac
- Electrophysiologic study (EPS)
- Embolus, pulmonary *
- Endarterectomy, carotid
- Endocardial cushion defect
- Endocarditis, infective *
- Endovascular grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Enhanced external counterpulsation
- EPS (electrophysiologic study)
- Essential hypertension *
- ETT (exercise treadmill test) *
- Event monitoring
- Exercise
- Exercise test *
- Fainting *
- Fat in healthy diet
- Fat in healthy diet, brief version *
- Fiber in healthy diet
- Fiber in healthy diet, brief version *
- Fibrillation
- Food groups
- Food pyramid illustration *
- Functional heart murmur *
- Giant cell arteritis
- Great vessels, transposition of
- HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol test
- Healthy diet
- Healthy diet, brief version *
- Heart anatomy overview *
- Heart attack
- Heart block
- Heart disease in women
- Heart failure *
- Heart murmur
- Heart palpitations *
- Heart specialists, when to see
- Heart transplant
- Heart valve
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- High blood pressure (see also Hypertension) *
- High-density lipoprotein (HDL) test
- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and heart disease
- Holter monitors *
- Homocysteine
- Hypercholesterolemia *
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Hypotension, orthostatic
- ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator)
- ICD surgery
- ICE (intracardiac echocardiogram)
- ICU (intensive care unit)
- Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS)
- Illustrations
- AED universal symbol
- aneurysm, abdominal aortic
- aortic dissection *
- artificial heart valves *
- blood flow in heart (cross section)
- blood vessel dilation with balloon catheter *
- body mass index *
- catheter in heart *
- catheter positions (EPS)
- circulatory system *
- coarctation of the aorta
- coronary artery bypass surgery *
- coronary artery stent
- CPR
- endocardial cushion defect
- food pyramid *
- heart
- mitral valve prolapse *
- normal and diseased heart valves *
- Nutrition Facts label
- pacemaker in chest *
- plaque buildup in arteries *
- sinus and atrioventricular nodes
- stroke, types of *
- tetralogy of Fallot
- transposition of the great vessels
- Imaging
- angiogram *
- EBT (electron beam tomography)
- echocardiogram
- heart catheterization
- magnetic resonance (MRI) *
- MUGA scan
- PET scan
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Infarction, myocardial
- Infections
- Infective endocarditis *
- Inflammation of heart muscle
- Innocent heart murmur *
- INR test
- Intensive care unit, coronary
- Intercourse (sexual) after heart attack
- Intermittent claudication
- Intraaortic balloon pump
- Intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE)
- Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
- Ischemia
- IVUS (intravascular ultrasound)
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- Lab tests
- Left ventricular aneurysm
- Leg problems
- Lipid panel test (lipid profile)
- Lipids, blood
- Long Q-T syndrome (LQTS)
- Losing weight *
- Lung problems
- Lupus (SLE) and the heart
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) *
- Marfan syndrome
- Medicines
- Mitral valve
- Monitoring
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) *
- Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
- MUGA scan
- Multi-gated acquisition scan
- Murmur
- Myocardial infarction
- see also Heart attack
- Myocardial infarction, brief version *
- Myocarditis
- Myxoma
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- Pacemaker
- Palpitations *
- Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Patent foramen ovale
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
- Pericardial tap
- Pericardiocentesis
- Pericarditis *
- Peripheral artery disease
- PET scan
- Pheochromocytoma
- Phlebitis *
- Physiologic heart murmur *
- Plaque
- PM/DM (polymyositis/dermatomyositis)
- Polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM)
- Positron emission tomography (PET scan)
- Pre-excitation syndrome
- Premature beats, ventricular
- Prevention
- Primary hypertension *
- Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH)
- Prinzmetal's angina
- Progressive systemic sclerosis and the heart
- Prolapse, mitral valve *
- Protein in healthy diet
- Protein in healthy diet, brief version *
- Prothrombin time test (PT)
- PSVT (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia)
- PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
- Pulmonary embolism *
- Pulmonary hypertension, primary (PPH)
- Pump, intraaortic balloon
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Radioisotope exercise test *
- Radionuclide ventriculogram
- Regurgitation
- Rehabilitation, cardiac
- Renovascular hypertension
- Resources
- Rheumatic fever
- Rheumatoid arthritis and the heart
- Ruptured aneurysm
- Safe exercise for people with heart disease *
- Salt/sodium
- Scleroderma
- Sclerosis, progressive systemic, and the heart
- Secondary hypertension *
- Septal defect
- Sex after a heart attack
- Shock, cardiogenic
- Sinus node
- Sodium/salt
- Spasms, coronary
- Statins *
- Stenosis
- Stents, coronary artery
- Stress echocardiogram
- Stroke
- Sudden cardiac death
- Superficial thrombophlebitis *
- Supraventricular tachycardia, paroxysmal (PSVT)
- Surgical valvuloplasty
- Sustained ventricular tachycardia
- Syncope (fainting) *
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the heart
- Tachycardia
- Tamponade, cardiac
- TEE (transesophageal echocardiography)
- Temporal arteritis
- Temporary cardiac pacing
- Tests to diagnose heart disease *
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Thrombolytics (clot busters) *
- Thrombophlebitis *
- Thrombosis
- TIA (transient ischemic attack) *
- Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA) *
- Transmyocardial laser revascularization
- Transplant, heart
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Treadmill test *
- Triglycerides
- Tumors
- Ultra-fast CT (computed tomography)
- Ultrasound
- arterial Doppler studies
- intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE)
- intravascular (IVUS)
- transesophageal (TEE)
- transthoracic *
- Unstable angina
- V tach
- Valve replacement
- Valves
- Valvotomy, balloon
- Valvuloplasty
- Valvuloplasty, balloon
- Variant angina
- Vasodilators *
- Vein inflammation (thrombophlebitis) *
- Veins, illustration of circulatory system *
- Venous (deep) thrombosis *
- Ventricular problems
- VF (ventricular fibrillation)
- Vibratory heart murmur *
- VPB (ventricular premature beats)
- VSD (ventricular septal defect)
