HeartCare
Ask the Experts - PAD
Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, MD, is medical officer, heart failure and arrhythmia branch, Division of Cardiac Diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute read more »
Ask the Experts - LDL cholesterol, stents
Timothy A. Sanborn, MD is professor of medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and head of the Division of Cardiology at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Evanston, Ill. read more »
Why did he need blood thinners if he wasn’t being treated for a heart or blood vessel ailment?
My 70-year-old father was hospitalized for about a week with pneumonia. During his stay, his doctors gave him blood thinners. read more »
Connection between high blood pressure and hot flashes?
I know there seems to be some connection between high blood pressure and menopause, but what about high blood pressure and hot flashes? read more »
Thrombophlebitis in my right leg. Should I wear compression stockings?
Q. I was recently diagnosed with thrombophlebitis in my right leg. I remember talking with someone who had the same problem and who wore compression stockings. Might this be something I should do?
A. Compression stockings can really help ease the discomfort of thrombophlebitis. In this condition, the leg veins closest to the skin’s surface (superficial veins) or those deeper become inflamed by a blood clot. This can occur when the muscular walls of the veins weaken or the valves that should keep blood flowing upward toward the heart malfunction. read more »
What’s the difference between transesophageal echocardiography and regular echocardiography?
Q. What’s the difference between transesophageal echocardiography and regular echocardiography?
A. The short answer is that transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) provides better, more in-depth images of the heart than traditional echocardiography. read more »
