Your body needs cholesterol to make hormones and to keep your cells healthy. Cholesterol comes from two sources: your liver and your diet. But if your diet exceeds the body’s need for cholesterol or saturated fats, your cholesterol level in your blood will increase. This video discusses treatments and lifestyle changes that may be prescribed by your doctor.
An exercise imaging stress test shows how well blood flows inside your heart and how well your heart pumps blood. It gives your healthcare provider more information than a non-imaging stress test.
This surgery is one way to treat blocked areas in the arteries of the heart. See how the surgery is done, and what to expect before and after.
Atrial flutter is when the upper chambers of the heart beat too fast. Learn how it happens, and how it can be treated.
A pacemaker is a small device that helps the heart beat normally. See how it’s put in the chest, and how it uses electrical signals to keep the heart on track.
See how a plan to quit using tobacco - including identifying your reasons for using tobacco, the triggers that cause you to use tobacco and how to avoid your triggers - can help you quit successfully.
Recognize your nicotine triggers and learn how to cope with them to prevent a relapse.
Watch how this procedure shows your doctor where and how much your arteries are narrowed or blocked.
Understand what is provided in a cardiac rehabilitation program and recognize how it contributes to you living a long, heart healthy future.
Watch this video to learn the health risks associated with being overweight as well as some of the ways used to determine if you are considered overweight.
Watch this video to learn how the heart muscle weakens with heart failure, and how heart failure affects your body.