Search Results for: heart condition

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  Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center

  October 16, 2014

  Find a list of articles written by the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center featured on the UPMC HealthBeat blog.Read More

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  The Importance of Hydration for Your Heart

  September 4, 2014

  Learn how proper hydration helps your heart to perform regularly. Discover the complications of dehydration and find out how to stay hydrated all summer.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health, Living and Wellness

  Tagged with: blood, dehydration, heart, hydration

  

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  Benefits of Exercise on the Heart and Lungs

  May 6, 2014

  Heart and lung disease patients can benefit from simple exercise routines. Learn more about routine exercise methods and their cardiovascular benefits.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Fitness, Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: heart failure, lung disease, lung diseases, Pulmonary hypertension

  

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  Listening to Her Heart: A Mitral Valve Prolapse Patient Story

  February 19, 2014

  Read Birdie Dally's patient story to find out how she overcame her condition, mitral valve prolapse, with help from the UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute.Learn More

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: Birdie Dally, heart failure, heart surgery, minimally invasive robotic surgery, mitral valve prolapse, patient story, primary care physician, Robin Girdhar MD, Vinay Badhwar MD

  

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  Heart Attack Warning Signs

  August 26, 2022

  Learn to identify heart attack warning signs and discover changeable risk factors to decrease the likelihood that you will have a heart attack.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: chest pain, diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, indigestion, myocardial infraction, obesity, overweight, physical activity, smoking

  

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  Growing Up With Congenital Heart Disease – Now What?

  November 8, 2013

  Learn how the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at UPMC responds to and treats the special challenges facing adults living with congenital heart disease.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: Alexis Laney, aorta, arrhythmia, cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Cleveland, echocardiogram, EKG, heart failure, open heart surgery, patient story, pediatric cardiologist, Stephen Cook MD FACC, stroke, sudden cardiac death, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

  

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  What Is Bicuspid Aortic Valve?

  August 4, 2022

  Learn more about the genetic heart condition and minimally invasive ways to treat a bicuspid aortic valve.Watch Now

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

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  Video: A Faster, Easier Nuclear Stress Test with the D-SPECT Camera

  July 3, 2018

  A nuclear stress test is one of the most common tests cardiologists use to diagnose and monitor many heart conditions. Learn more.Watch Now

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness

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  4 Facts About Bicuspid Aortic Valve

  July 5, 2017

  Some people can have a bicuspid aortic valve and never know it. Discover more about the condition, including bicuspid aortic valve symptoms.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: aortic aneurysm, bicuspid aortic valve, congenital heart defect, heart failure, shortness of breath, surgery