More than a thousand people chose to spend this day before Valentine’s Day learning about the heart. Hawaii Pacific Health’s “Valentine in Paradise” was a free community health forum at the Ala Moana ...

There are a few common extra heart sounds that the clinician may encounter. These include ejection sounds that occur with pulmonic or AS heard in early systole, “clicks” that are heard in mitral or ...

Q: What is ischemic heart disease? A: Ischemic heart disease is a condition in which the working muscle of the heart is affected by poor delivery of blood flow from the coronary arteries, most ...

Read full article: Heart disease is the leading cause of death, but there are ways you can reduce some risk factors There are a multitude of reasons to pay special attention to your heart health, but ...

Dofetilide is a class III antiarrhythmic drug that is used for maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. Dofetilide blocks potassium channels in phase 3 of the action potential ...

I recall sitting in a health/science class in the early ’70s where the subject was caring for the heart. Topics included the typical instructions about height and weight , exercise, diet, heart-rate ...