Heart Disease Blog with Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. May 2008 Archive

The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE), the agency that (among other things) determines which medical products and services will be covered under the UK's National ... Read More

Cardiac Syndrome X - angina-like chest pain with normal coronary arteries - can be a confounding diagnosis for both patients and their doctors. Here is a review of Cardiac ... Read More

Traditionally, cardiologists have thought of coronary artery disease (CAD) as discrete blockages in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle). The key to treating ... Read More

The publication of the Perioperative Ischemic Evaluation trial (the POISE study) this week in The Lancet has the cardiology world in a semi-tizzy, since it suggests that certain guidelines published ... Read More

Here is a brief description of pacemakers - what they do, how they are inserted, and what it means to have one.

It has long been known that aerobic exercise can increase HDL levels. Now there's clinical evidence that shows just how much exercise is needed to produce HDL elevations. ... Read More

In recent years, people have been encouraged to estimate their body mass indexes (BMI) to help assess cardiac risk. BMI is meant to be an estimate of whether you ... Read More

A study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that women who have very mild hypothyroidism (i.e., an underperforming thyroid gland) may be at increased risk for ... Read More