What is an artery ? How does the heart pump blood ? Where is the ventricle ? The mitral valve ? Find the answers here. A series of entry-level articles that introduces you to the heart, its organization and structure and the way it works.

Learn all about EKG, echocardiograms and cardiac catheterization. Read about newer tests like MRI, Ultra-fast CT scanning and PET scans. This section is focussed on the tests your doctor prescribed, and what they mean to you.

The Ross procedure and Homografts. Aortic and Mitral valve repairs. Medical options to treat valve stenosis. The role today of minimally invasive surgery in treating heart valve disease. All these and more are explained in detail.

The dreaded atherosclerotic plaque and its harmful effects - coronary narrowing and heart attacks, high BP and strokes - along with an analysis of treatment options available, form the subject matter of this category.

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How do doctors find out if you have IHD ? What are your options - drugs, angioplasty, surgery ? Can key-hole surgery help you ? Or can lasers ? Or newer drugs ? Come, read and learn.

Catheter-based intervention is becoming better and safer; new improved devices now exist. The reports in this section help you weigh choices and learn about recent developments including stents and atherectomy.

It's all in their genes - or rather, hormones ! Why are women at lower risk for heart disease ? Is this trend changing ? How to guard against it ? Exciting, thought-provoking papers here.

A collection of articles that analyze the problem in depth - assessing risks of pregnancy in heart disease patients, management of the pregnancy and predicting outcomes.

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Prevention is indeed better than a cure. By simple lifestyle modifications, heart disease can be prevented - even reversed ! These write-ups show you how to alter your risk profile by developing healthy habits.

Eat healthy to stay healthy ! New evidence indicates what you eat may affect your heart. Homocysteine, Vitamin E, Cholesterol, Folic Acid - all can add years to your life. Read about it.

An extensive section that looks at each specific kind of heart birth defect. How does each CHD affect your child ? How to treat it ? What is the long-term outlook like ? Can you prevent CHD ?

The most exciting advances in modern times have been in the treatment of heart failure. Batista's innovative new operation, artifical hearts, cardiomyoplasty and LVAD are but few of the interesting developments highlighted in this section.

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From brass-tacks to high tech - this site has it all. A primer about Open Heart surgery; a look at key-hole surgery for heart disease; newer methods of CABG; a study of the evolution of the specialty. Check it out.

Nitrates for angina. Digitalis for heart failure. Statins for high cholesterol. Amiodarone for rhythm problems. Simple and brief articles help you grasp the essentials of these drugs and their effects.

Whimsical musing over an enticing method of treating congenital heart defects in the future. Is it practical ? Will ethical and moral dilemmas be solved ? Is it cost-effective ? You decide !

Reading this could help you save a life ! A series that takes a hard look at an unexplained killer disease that can be shockingly and suddenly fatal. The cure - CPR. You can learn it - indeed, you must !

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