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Heart Disease
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Heart Disease Topic
Learn the keys to better heart health.

Heart News  
The latest heart-related news headlines.

• Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You
• Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective
• Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids
• More related headlines

Related News

Heart Disease Feature Story  

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Study refutes idea that music devices interfere with pacemakers

The hearts of music lovers everywhere can rest a little easier: New research refutes an older study that suggested that iPods -- and similar digital music players -- could cause pacemakers to malfunction. full story»


Heart-Related Illnesses and Conditions  
Find information about illnesses and conditions that relate to the heart or search the entire database.



Illnesses and Conditions
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Heart-Related Complementary and Alternative Medicine  
Search complementary and alternative therapies for heart.


Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Heart-Related Drug Guide  
Search the Drug Guide, an electronic drug reference that provides useful patient education, summaries of more than 2,400 commonly prescribed medications.





drug guide

Ace Inhibitors



AntiCoagulants


Beta Blockers



Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blockers



Nitrates (Nitroglycerin and Long-Acting Nitrates)



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Medical Tests 

Ambulatory Electrocardiography

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Catheterization or Coronary Angiography

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Chest X-Ray

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Echocardiography

Electrocardiography

Exercise Electrocardiography

Homocysteine

Pulse Measurement

Thallium/Technetium (Sestamibi) Cardiac Scan

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