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Life-Saving Options for Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Because congestive heart failure currently has no cure, important medical advances are critical for offering hope and extending quality of life to patients.  Dr. Georg Wieselthaler, Director and Surgical Chief of the...
by Patient Power | 07/03/2012
Preventing Heart Disease in Women
Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States, claiming 500,000 lives a year. But there are steps that a woman can take to help minimize her...
by Patient Power | 06/05/2012
Accessing State-of-the-Art Heart Care
What if you could repair parts of the heart without surgery? Or use crystal-clear imaging to help evaluate heart attack risk? Thanks to a new alliance of more than 40...
by Patient Power | 03/30/2012
Preventing a Heart Attack Despite a Family History
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. So if you have a family history of heart disease, what can you...
by Patient Power | 02/14/2012
Treatment Options for Advanced Heart Failure
Heart failure--when the heart is no longer able to pump oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body--affects 5 million Americans, with more than 500,000 new cases every year. Although...
by Patient Power | 07/12/2011
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
In this podcast, Dr. Davidson will discuss the symptoms, treatments and prognosis for aortic stenosis. He also will discuss a new technology used to treat this condition called Transcatheter Aortic...
by Patient Power | 02/22/2011
The Latest in the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure
If you have heart failure, the wait for a heart transplant can be long and risky.  Fortunately, progress in transplant and ventricular assist devices (VADs) are helping to replace the...
by Patient Power | 02/21/2011
Cardiovascular Genetics: Am I at Risk?
Genetics greatly influence your chances of developing cardiovascular disease.  In this podcast, sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Ardehali will discuss how a genetic predisposition in addition to environmental factors...
by Patient Power | 02/08/2011
Detecting Coronary Artery Disease: The Role of Non-Invasive Cardiac Stress Testing
In this podcast, Dr. Kansal will describe indications for stress testing, types of tests and what is involved. She also will explain how effective each exam is in detecting coronary...
by Patient Power | 09/28/2010
Acute Stroke and Stroke Prevention
In this podcast, Dr. Bernstein will describe Northwestern Memorial’s comprehensive stroke center and ways of diagnosing, treating and preventing stroke. He also will explain why it is important to be...
by Patient Power | 09/14/2010
Integrative Preventive Cardiology: Surprising Benefits Combining Natural Options and New Scientific Advances
Though heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, the condition is largely preventable and in some cases reversible. In this Patient Power program, sponsored by...
by Patient Power | 04/27/2010
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Heart Rhythm Control Without Medicines
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Luckily, there are many new treatment options and some that don't involve medicine. In this Patient Power program, sponsored by Northwestern Memorial...
by Patient Power | 04/13/2010
Menopause and Your Heart
What are the risk factors for heart disease? What changes happen to a woman during menopause that increase her risk of heart disease? In this Patient Power program, sponsored by...
by Patient Power | 02/23/2010
Heart Disease & Stroke: The Connection
What is the connection between heart disease and stroke? What are the symptoms that are similar? What are the risk factors that are similar? In this program, sponsored by UW...
by Patient Power | 02/15/2010
Preventing a Heart Attack: What You Need to Know
Heart attack is a leading cause of death in the United States. That's a well known fact. It's also well known that heart attack can be prevented, but how? In...
by Patient Power | 02/09/2010
Benefits of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
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by Patient Power | 01/19/2010
Time Critical Diagnosis for ST-Elevated Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
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by Patient Power | 12/31/2009
Cancer and Heart Disease
Different aspects of how cancer is treated can cause heart issues, how someone can come into cancer treatment with pre-existing heart issues, and how a specialty center like M. D....
by Patient Power | 11/24/2009
Taking Care of Diabetes and Avoiding Complications
According to the American Diabetes Association there are 23.6 million people in America with diabetes. That’s 8% of the population and, unfortunately, that number is growing. In this Patient Power...
by Patient Power | 11/02/2009
Advances in Heart Transplant
A heart transplant can be life-extending and certainly lifesaving. Since 1985, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has performed more than 500 heart transplants. Twelve of these patients have passed...
by Patient Power | 10/21/2009
Benefits of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
If you have heart failure, the wait for a heart transplant can be long and risky. Luckily, new advances in Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are helping to replace the function...
by Patient Power | 10/14/2009
The Latest in Care for Heart Attack
Would you know what to do if you were having a heart attack? What are the most crucial and immediate steps to take? Getting the right medical evaluation QUICKLY is...
by Patient Power | 08/20/2009
Heart Disease in Women
Heart disease is the leading killer of American women, overall taking more lives than breast cancer and even all cancers combined. It's sometimes harder to detect in women, and often...
by Patient Power | 07/22/2009
Demystifying Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic disease of the heart and a common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes. In this webcast, sponsored by...
by Patient Power | 07/14/2009
Pioneering New Treatments for Heart Arrhythmias
Did you know cardiac arrhythmias could increase your risk for a stroke? Cardiac arrhythmias are common and can be life threatening for some patients. On this episode of Patient Power,...
by Patient Power | 03/16/2009
The Health Benefits of Being a Baseball Fan
Every Spring, there is a flutter in the hearts of baseball fans with the hope that their team will provide 162 games of thrills and even more excitement in the...
by Patient Power | 03/02/2009
Depression After a Cardiac Event or Cardiac Surgery
The prevalence of depression is greater among cardiac patients than it is in the general population and can interfere with long-term recovery from a cardiac event or cardiac surgery. Cardiac...
by Patient Power | 02/24/2009
Coronary Artery Stents vs. Bypass Surgery: What are the Considerations?
If your arteries are narrowed or blocked should you have stents put in? Do you have coronary artery bypass surgery? Can medications do the trick? In this ihealth webcast, Dr....
by Patient Power | 02/10/2009
Heart Attack Recovery: Understanding the World's Smallest Heart Pump
New sophisticated cardiac devices are assisting patients with serious circulatory issues. These patients are at risk for coronary heart disease and blockages, among many other complications. On this episode of...
by Patient Power | 02/04/2009
TECAB: Totally Endoscopic Robotic Bypass Surgery
Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) is a minimally invasive procedure that is used to perform coronary artery bypass grafting operation. This cutting-edge procedure performed at few centers in the...
by Patient Power | 01/13/2009
News from ASH: New Drugs to Replace Coumadin for Heart and Orthopedic Patients
Each year the American Society of Hematology (ASH) brings together experts on blood-related cancers and other conditions. On this episode of Patient Power, host Andrew Schorr broadcasts from the 50th...
by Patient Power | 12/07/2008
The Latest in Pediatric Heart Surgery and Research
On this episode of Patient Power, Dr. Stephen Langley and Matthew Kish join Andrew Schorr for an engaging discussion on how the latest pediatric heart surgery research is allowing young...
by Patient Power | 12/03/2008
Arrhythmias: When to Seek Care
Arrhythmias or abnormal heart rhythms can be benign, but also life threatening. While millions of people are born with arrhythmias and other mild heart conditions not requiring special medical attention,...
by Patient Power | 11/19/2008
Diabetes: The Latest in Medical Management
Diabetes is an epidemic in the United States, greatly due to the rise in childhood obesity. Altogether almost 24 million children and adults in the United States, or eight percent...
by Patient Power | 11/11/2008
Under-recognized Complications of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Significant numbers of people are born with heart defects, the most common congenital lesion. But as a result of dramatic improvements in surgical and medical therapies in recent decades, many...
by Patient Power | 11/05/2008
The Latest in Vascular Disease
Vascular disease is the biggest cause of mortality across the United States. However, many people are still confused about what vascular disease is and are unfamiliar with the all-too-common warning...
by Patient Power | 10/23/2008
Peripheral Vascular Disease: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Peripheral vascular disease, also known as occlusive arterial disease, is characterized by blockages in the leg arteries. Many patients with peripheral vascular disease have pain in their legs with walking,...
by Patient Power | 09/23/2008
Irregular Heart Rhythms: Advances in Cardiac Electrophysiology
There are electrical impulses that go around the heart to get it to beat rhythmically. If your heart is not beating at a proper rhythm, it could mean that something...
by Patient Power | 09/09/2008
Can You Be Confident In Your Heart Health?
The recent news about Michael Jackson has many still scratching their heads. How could this have happened to someone fairly young? Were there warning signs? What can I do to...
by Patient Power | 07/08/2008
Heart Problems in Children
This Patient Power program features Dr. Timothy Bricker, Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and physician-in-chief at Kentucky Children’s Hospital to discuss the rare topic...
by Patient Power | 06/26/2008
Stem Cell Treatment for Heart Repair
Recent studies have shown that our bodies all contain stem cells that can help to repair damage after a heart attack. These naturally occurring cells seem to be capable of...
by Patient Power | 02/26/2008
Atrial Fibrillation: Complications and Cures
Atrial Fibrillation affects as many as 6 million Americans and has become the second leading cause of stroke. In this Patient Power program on ihealth sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital,...
by Patient Power | 02/12/2008
Heart Disease in Women: A Focus on Women's Cardiac Health
Women’s cardiac health often gets overlooked by the media. Some illnesses such as reproductive health and menopause receive a lot of attention, and the importance of heart disease prevention is...
by Patient Power | 01/22/2008
Endovascular Surgery: The Latest in Treating Vascular Diseases
In this episode of Patient Power, Dr. Edward Diethrich talks about the exciting advances in cardiology treatment and detection. Dr. Dietrich is a cardiovascular surgeon and founder of the Arizona...
by Patient Power | 01/17/2008
Lowering High Cholesterol: Taking Charge of Your Health
One of the leading causes of death in the United States is heart disease. Over 600,000 people die from heart disease each year. What conditions lead to heart problems? Many...
by Patient Power | 01/16/2008
America’s No.1 Killer: Heart Disease
The last thing we want to think about during the holidays or family gatherings is watching our diet. But even during these special moments with family, it is essential for...
by Patient Power | 12/03/2007
Heavy Heart and Sudden Death: Who is at Greater Risk?
Often times we think of death as a late life inevitable occurrence, but the reality is, it can happen at any given moment. One condition that gives no forewarning is...
by Patient Power | 11/19/2007
Kawasaki Disease: Ask the Expert
Kawasaki disease is an uncommon inflammatory condition that affects children, with the highest instance in children between the ages of six months and five years. A potentially life-threatening disease, Kawasaki...
by Patient Power | 08/27/2007
Peripheral Artery Disease: Underdiagnosed and Undertreated
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects more than eight million Americans but is seriously underdiagnosed and undertreated. Many people wait too long before seeking treatment and, unfortunately, the condition can become...
by Patient Power | 08/20/2007
Conquering Aortic Valve Disease
Aortic valve disease causes improper function of the aortic value, causing it not to open and close in a normal manner. This is a very serious condition that can be...
by Patient Power | 07/24/2007
Kawasaki Disease: The Race for Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment in Children
Kawasaki Disease, also known as lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous node disease, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome, is a rare condition that affects children, mostly under the age of five. The...
by Patient Power | 07/17/2007
Understanding Who is at Risk for Aggressive Heart Disease
Heart disease is a serious problem for a number of Americans, but this disease is not just a domestic issue, it continues to claim lives around the globe. More often,...
by Patient Power | 07/15/2007
Hypertension in Women
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) is one of the most commonly diagnosed medical problems. According to the American Heart Association there are about 72 million adults who have hypertension; nearly half...
by Patient Power | 05/22/2007
Lifesaving Stem Cell Research for Heart Repair
3/9/2009 - In light of President Obama's lift of the ban on funding for stem cell research, Patient Power is featuring this program that highlights the benefits of stem cells....
by Patient Power | 04/29/2007
Quit Smoking: Reduce Heart Disease
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by Patient Power | 04/17/2007
Building a Heart Healthy Lifestyle
It is no secret that heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. However, many of the biometrics associated with this condition - high cholesterol, high blood...
by Patient Power | 03/19/2007
Exercise and Heart Health
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by Patient Power | 03/13/2007
Women and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
When the topic of women’s health is raised, much of the research and advocacy is focused on breast cancer, which is serious, but far from the leading cause of death...
by Patient Power | 02/27/2007
Heart Failure
Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, affects about 5 million Americans. It happens when the heart does not pump blood efficiently and it limits quality of life and...
by Patient Power | 02/13/2007
Eating Healthy to Prevent Illness: Focus on Heart Health
Extra weight on a person puts a tremendous amount of strain on his or her heart, and with nearly two-thirds of the American population being overweight, this is no small...
by Patient Power | 02/11/2007
Atrial Fibrillation
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by Patient Power | 01/08/2007
An Expert's Perspective: The Controversy on Drug-Coated Heart Stents
Are drug coated stents safe and effective, or could they cause clotting and other serious problems? Joining host Andrew Schorr for a discussion on drug-eluting stents is Dr. Larry Dean....
by Patient Power | 12/07/2006
Heart Failure
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by Patient Power | 10/24/2006
Advances in Heart Surgery
by Patient Power | 07/16/2006
What Leading Edge Heart Care Means For You: Ask the Experts
The UW Regional Heart Center provides care for patients with cardiovascular disease in a setting that caters to all aspects of heart disease including the aortic surgery center, adult congenital...
by Patient Power | 06/11/2006
Understanding Drug Safety and Effectiveness for Your Heart
Over the past 20 years there has been a drop in death rates due to coronary heart disease. Much of this decline can be attributed to newer and better medicines....
by Patient Power | 04/16/2006
Improvements in Stents for Heart Care
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by Patient Power | 02/27/2006
How Defibrillators Save Lives
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by Patient Power | 02/27/2006
Women and Heart Disease
Heart disease is the biggest health risk for women, with an even higher incidence than cancer. Joining host Andrew Schorr for a discussion on how to prevent heart disease is...
by Patient Power | 02/26/2006
Heart Disease Prevention
by Patient Power | 02/19/2006
Women’s Heart Problems
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by Patient Power | 02/13/2006
Preventing Heart Failure
Heart failure is an inefficiency of the heart’s ability to pump; it is often related to the weakening of the heart muscle from an injury. Joining Patient Power for a...
by Patient Power | 01/15/2006