Hypertension, or high blood pressure, increases the amount of work the heart has to do. It's like going to the gym and lifting heavier weights. Just like…
Patient Education
Palpitations are one of the most common reasons that I see patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Palpitations are abnormal the sensation of your heart beating.…
I'm starting a new section on my blog and YouTube channel bringing you some cool cardiology related topics that you might not have heard about. To kick…
Marijuana Use and Cardiovascular Disease 🍃♥️ Yesterday was 4/20 so let’s take a look at a review article on marijuana’s effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD) published in…
In medicine we colloquially say someone ‘codes’ if their heart stops requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or if they can’t breath on their own requiring intubation. So ‘code…
When you have a heart attack, or a myocardial infarction (MI), one of the most common outcomes is the placement of a stent inside your coronary arteries,…