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How Do I Know If I Have Heart Disease?

In diagnosing heart disease, a doctor will first ask you for a description of symptoms and your medical history. Your physical condition also will canada goose outlet winnipeg be assessed canada goose outlet real through a standard medical exam. Listening to the heart for swishing or whooshing sounds, collectively known as heart murmurs, may provide important clues about heart trouble. If heart disease is suspected, further tests are done to find out what is actually happening inside the heart.

An electrocardiogram, or ECG, is usually the first test to be performed. By recording electrical activity within the heart, the ECG quickly reveals any electrical abnormalities that may be a source of trouble or may indicate that the heart muscle has been or is being injured by ischemia (lack of oxygen rich blood).

Further details can be gathered by taking images of the heart using X rays, a variety of of other scans using CT, MRI or nuclear technology, or via angiography, a special technique that allows for detailed imaging of blood vessels. Echocardiograms (ultrasound evaluations of the heart) can also determine how well the heart and valves are working.

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What Are the Treatments for Heart Disease?

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Stress reduction, diet, and lifestyle changes are key in managing heart disease, but the mainstays of conventional care are drugs and surgery.

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Learning to relax may help prevent and treat heart disease. While success varies from person to person, stress reduction techniques have been shown to reduce high blood pressure, heart arrhythmias, and emotional responses such as anxiety, anger, and hostility that have been linked to coronary heart disease, angina, and heart attack. The choice of relaxation technique is up to you. Some that have proved beneficial are meditation, progressive relaxation, yoga, and biofeedback training.

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Even modest changes cheap canada goose in diet and lifestyle can significantly reduce canada goose outlet canada the risk of heart disease. Being overweight, especially in the mid section, can lead to high blood pressure and diabetes. If you are 20% or more over the ideal weight for your age, height, and sex, you put a strain on your heart’s ability to pump blood efficiently. Although lowering sodium and trans fat consumption are important for lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, equally vital is increasing intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, and healthy sources of fats and proteins (as from fish, nuts, seeds, soy based items, avocados, etc.) whole unprocessed high fiber grains, and healthy sources of fats and proteins such as those from from fish, nuts, seeds, soy based items, and avocados.

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Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease

Drug treatments may include daily aspirin, and drugs such as ACE inhibitors and beta blockers. Treatments may also target high blood pressure and high cholesterol two major risk factors for coronary disease. In addition, your doctor may recommend surgical treatments such as balloon angioplasty (usually using a stent to prop open the vessels) or open heart surgery to bypass blocked heart arteries.

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Treatment usually depends on the cause of heart failure, but often includes drugs to help control symptoms, such as diuretics or water pills to flush the body of fluids, beta blockers to block adrenaline’s action, and ACE inhibitors to help modulate sodium and potassium balance and improve blood pressure levels. Devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators are sometimes implanted to improve the heart’s function and/or prevent deadly arrhythmias. In very advanced cases, heart transplantation may be canada goose outlet in chicago a consideration.

Treatment for Heart Arrhythmias

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Treatment for Heart Valve Disease

In severe cases, patients may require medications to deal with heart failure, or surgery to repair or replace the abnormal valve.

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Pericarditis often subsides on its own, but it also can be treated with anti inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or, in severe cases, corticosteroid hormones. Occasionally, fluid must be drained from the pericardium using a long, thin needle inserted carefully through the chest. If a chronic condition develops, a pericardial window may need to be created surgically to permit this fluid to drain. The outcome is also dependent upon the underlying cause. In selected cases, heart transplant surgery may be recommended.