Arts in Medicine with Kimberly Kirklin at UAB and Dr Rachel Easterwood in New York
This podcast was done in collaboration with Kimberly Kirklin, Director of UAB Arts In Medicine, and Dr Rachel Easterwood, a Hospitalist with Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Arts in Health is a diverse, multidisciplinary approach dedicated to improving health through arts. The field integrates visual arts and design, musical, literary, and performing arts […]
THE CHRONIC LEAKY MITRAL VALVE
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY: In this report, we would like to concentrate on the primary mitral insufficiency which is a disease of the mitral valve apparatus (mitral […]
STATIN VS SUPPLEMENTS FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Steven Nissen, MD.Chief Academic Officer of the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and Professor of Medicine at the Lerner College of Medicine. With the high prevalence of risk factors and cardiovascular disease in the US, looking at Statin vs Supplements for high cholesterol appears […]
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACCFounder the UCSF Adult Echocardiography Laboratory and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Echocardiography: Clinical use in Cardiology. Echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that provides information about cardiac anatomy, function, and hemodynamics. In the last 40 years, the evolution of this technique has made […]
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Chip Lavie. In the US, it is estimated that approximately 800,000 new and 200,000 recurrent myocardial infarctions occur each year. The prevalence of coronary artery disease and heart failure is increasing. Each year, over 950,000 patients undergo percutaneous coronary angioplasty, 400,000 patients undergo coronary bypass surgery, and […]
How To Treat Prostate Cancer and Protect Your Heart
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Michael Bivins, Dr. Carrie Lenneman, and Dr. Mollie deShazo. The most common cause of death in men is cardiovascular disease, followed by cancer. Prostate cancer is the number one cause of cancer in men. The numbers are staggering. In 2019, 3,650,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer. […]
Stem Cells in Heart Failure with Dr. Emerson Perin
How can we utilize the regenerative stem cells already found in the human adult body to combat the effects of heart failure? Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses this cutting edge realm of medicine with Dr. Emerson Perin, director of the Center for Clinical Research at the Texas Heart Institute. Transcript AnnouncerThis is the MyHeart.net Podcast. This […]
IN “REGARDS” TO THE STROKE BELT. A stroke is a sudden interruption of blood to the brain, caused by a clogged or ruptured blood vessel. There are two main types of strokes: ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage, usually a clot, in the artery of the brain. Less commonly, a hemorrhagic stroke results from […]
This podcast was done in collaboration with Kimberly Kirklin, Director of UAB Arts In Medicine, and Dr Rachel Easterwood, a Hospitalist with Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Arts in Health is a diverse, multidisciplinary approach dedicated to improving health through arts. The field integrates visual arts and design, musical, literary, and performing arts […]
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY: In this report, we would like to concentrate on the primary mitral insufficiency which is a disease of the mitral valve apparatus (mitral […]
IN “REGARDS” TO THE STROKE BELT. A stroke is a sudden interruption of blood to the brain, caused by a clogged or ruptured blood vessel. There are two main types of strokes: ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage, usually a clot, in the artery of the brain. Less commonly, a hemorrhagic stroke results from […]
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY: In this report, we would like to concentrate on the primary mitral insufficiency which is a disease of the mitral valve apparatus (mitral […]
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Structural and Interventional Cardiology Program at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. CHRONIC AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY: The most common causes of aortic valve insufficiency (aortic regurgitation) in the US are the bicuspid aortic valve and the primary disease of […]
IN “REGARDS” TO THE STROKE BELT. A stroke is a sudden interruption of blood to the brain, caused by a clogged or ruptured blood vessel. There are two main types of strokes: ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage, usually a clot, in the artery of the brain. Less commonly, a hemorrhagic stroke results from […]
