Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Cardiac Rehabilitation
- What Is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
What Do Patients Do At Cardiac Rehab?- Is A Doctor Present For Cardiac Rehab?
- Benefits of Rehab After A Heart Attack?
- Returning To Work After Heart Attack?
Dr. Barry Franklin answers the question: 'What Is Cardiac Rehabilitation?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Medicines & Medicine Therapy
- Why Do I Get Nitroglycerin Headaches?
- How Do Diuretics Work?
- Are There Drugs To Cure Atherosclerosis?
- Routine Blood Draws For Cholesterol?
- Cholesterol Medication At Night/Morning?
- Taking Coumadin After A Heart Attack?
- Can I Use Aspirin While On Coumadin?
- Why Should I Take My Beta Blocker?
- Why So Many Pills After A Heart Attack?
- Simplifying Overwhelming Prescriptions?
- Double The Next Dose If I Forget A Pill?
- Which Meds Are Best Before, After Meals?
- What Happens If I Miss A Few Doses?
- Headache, Nausea After Taking Meds?
- Generic Versus Brand-Name Heart Meds?
Dr. Deepak Bhatt answers the question: 'Why Do I Get Nitroglycerin Headaches?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Cholesterol
- Best Cholesterol-Lowering Medications?
- Medication To Increase Good Cholesterol?
- How Is Cholesterol Therapy Evaluated?
- Target Number For Bad Cholesterol (LDL)?
- Cholesterol Drugs And Muscle Aches?
- Higher Doses Of Cholesterol Medications?
- Highest Cholesterol Meds Dose Advisable?
- Long-Term Use Of Cholesterol Meds?
- Liver Disease and Cholesterol Meds Safe?
- Are Side Effects With Statins Common?
- Why Are So Many People Taking Statins?
- Medications To Avoid Using With Statins?
- Are Some Brands Of Statins Better?
- Highest Statin Doses After Heart Attack?
- Statins To Improve Good Cholesterol?
Dr. Robert Eckel answers the question: 'Best Cholesterol-Lowering Medications?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - High Blood Pressure
- Best Meds To Lower Blood Pressure?
- Blood Pressure Target Post-Heart Attack?
- How Are Blood Pressure Meds Prescribed?
- Beta-Blockers And Diabetes Risk?
- Other Benefits For Blood Pressure Meds?
- Best Time For Blood Pressure Checks?
- Home Or Office Pressure Readings Better?
- When Can I Stop Blood Pressure Meds?
- Dizziness And Blood Pressure Meds?
Dr. Daniel Jones answers the question: 'Best Meds To Lower Blood Pressure?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Nutrition & Diet
- Differences Between Good Fat And Bad?
- Overall Percentage Of Fat In My Diet?
- What Is Trans Fat?
- How Does Trans Fat Compare With Bad Fat?
- How Can I Eat Healthy For Less Money?
Dr. Lichtenstein answers the question: 'Differences Between Good Fat And Bad?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Obesity & Diabetes
- Is Insulin Safe After A Heart Attack?
- High Blood Sugar And Heart Attack Risk?
- Switch To Insulin After A Heart Attack?
- Alternative Ways To Deal With Obesity?
Dr. Richard Nesto answers the question: 'Is Insulin Safe After A Heart Attack?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Stress Reduction
- What Kind Of Stress Is Bad For My Heart?
- How Does Stress Affect My Heart Problem?
- Best Stress Reduction Techniques?
- Heart Impacts Of Different Stresses?
- Job Too Stressful After A Heart Attack?
- Another Heart Attack Due To Work Stress?
- Coping Skills To Deal With Stress?
Dr. Williams answers the question: 'What Kind Of Stress Is Bad For My Heart?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Work & Career
- When Can I Work After A Heart Attack?
- Slow Down At Work After A Heart Attack?
- Any Work To Avoid After A Heart Attack?
- More Sedentary Job After A Heart Attack?
- Precautions For Physical Activity?
- What Do I Do If I Get Angina at Work?
- Avoid Shift Work After A Heart Attack?
Dr. Richard Becker answers the question: 'When Can I Work After A Heart Attack?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Depression
- Is Depression After Heart Attack Normal?
- Depression Rates After Heart Attack?
- Gender And Depression Post-Heart Attack?
- Help For Depression After Heart Attack?
- Can Beta Blockers Cause Depression?
- Anti-Depressants Safe With Heart Meds?
- Heart Attack And Depression Resources?
Dr. Stein answers the question: 'Is Depression After Heart Attack Normal?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Ethnicity
- Heart Medications In African-Americans?
- Heart Disease In African-Americans?
- Heart Disease In U.S. Hispanics?
- Heart Failure Meds & African-Americans?
- Heart Medications And Asian-Americans?
- African-Americans And Heart Risk?
Dr. Daniel Jones answers the question: 'Heart Medications In African-Americans?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Women
- Safety Of Pregnancy With Heart Disease?
- Hormone Therapy And Heart Prevention?
- Aspirin And Heart Prevention In Women?
- Oral Contraception And Heart Conditions?
- Efficacy Of Heart Meds In Men Vs. Women?
- Life For Women After A Heart Attack?
- Life For Women After Angioplasty?
- Life For Women After Bypass Surgery?
Dr. Hutter answers the question: 'Preganant Woman with Cardiac Condition?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Exercise & Physical Activity
- Rest After Cardiac Catheterization?
- Duration Of Rest After A Heart Attack?
- Endurance, Weight Training Differences?
- Safe To Exercise By Myself With Angina?
- Exercises For Obesity And Angina?
- Suggested Weight Loss Post-Heart Attack?
- Activities To Avoid After Heart Attack?
- Modifying Lifestyle After Heart Attack?
Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'Rest After Cardiac Catheterization?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Sexual Activity
- Sexual Intercourse After Heart Attack?
- Heart Meds And Sexual Performance?
- Stopping Meds Due To Sexual Performance?
- Viagra Safe For Patients With Angina?
- Is Viagra Safe With Nitroglycerin?
- Relieving Angina Symptoms During Sex?
- I Have Angina. Is Intercourse Safe?
- What If I Have Angina While Having Sex?
- Safety Of Viagra, Nitroglycerin, Angina?
- I Have A Pacemaker. Is Intercourse Safe?
- I Have A Defibrillator. Is Sex Safe?
Dr. Mandeep Mehra answers the question: 'Sexual Intercourse After Heart Attack?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Driving
- I Have Angina. Is It Safe To Drive?
- Can I Drive If Treated With A Stent?
- What If I Get Chest Pain While Driving?
- Driving Trucks After A Heart Attack?
- Driving A Bus After A Heart Attack?
- State Laws On Driving Post-Heart Attack?
Dr. Cannon answers the question: 'I Have Angina. Is It Safe To Drive?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Flying & Vacations
- Stable, Unstable Angina And Air Travel?
- When Is Flying Safe After Heart Attack?
- Supplemental Oxygen On An Airplane?
- Pilot With Angina Okay To Fly Plane?
- I Have Angina. Is It Safe To Vacation?
- Medical Info To Bring On Vacation?
Dr. Cannon answers the question: 'Stable, Unstable Angina And Air Travel?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Smoking & Drinking
- Second-Hand Smoke And Heart Danger?
- Is Smokeless Tobacco Safe For The Heart?
- Heart Impacts Of Cigars Vs. Cigarettes?
- Heart Impacts Of Pipes Vs. Cigarettes?
- Can Alcohol Be Good For The Heart?
- How Much Alcohol After A Heart Attack?
- Problems With Alcohol And Heart Meds?
- Quitting Smoking After A Heart Attack?
Dr. Granger answers the question: 'Second-Hand Smoke And Heart Danger?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Cardiovascular & Kidney Disease
- Kidney Disease, Heart Attack Prognosis?
- Cholesterol Drugs and Kidney Disease?
- Safer Cholesterol Drugs For Kidneys?
- Safety Of Angiogram With Kidney Disease?
- Unsafe Heart Meds For Kidney Disease?
- Blood Pressure Goals And Kidney Disease?
- Is Dialysis Likely After Bypass Surgery?
- End-Stage Kidney Disease And Heart Risk?
Dr. Gregg Stone answers the question: 'Kidney Disease, Heart Attack Prognosis?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - End-Of-Life & Palliative Care
- Discussing Mortality With Heart Patient?
- Alternate Therapy For Refractory Angina?
- Heart Transplantation For Severe Angina?
- Should I Learn Basic Life Support?
- Life Expectancy After A Heart Attack?
- Life Expectancy After Bypass Surgery?
- Life Expectancy After Stent?
Dr. Krumholz answers the question: 'Discussing Mortality With Heart Patient?'
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Section 5: Living with Heart Disease - Children
- Heart Disease In Children?
- Risk Factors For Heart Disease In Kids?
- Screening For Heart Disease In Children?
- Congenital Defect And Heart Disease?
Dr. Robert Morrow answers the question: 'Heart Disease In Children?'
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- Section 3: Diagnosis
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