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Cardiomyopathy is a disease that can lead to heart failure. It is a disease that affects your heart muscles making it difficult for your heart to pump blood to the rest of your body.
Symptoms:
The early stages of cardiomyopathy may have little or no symptoms. However, as the disease progresses the symptoms can become severe. Be sure to always be aware
Dr. Cary Rose
Electrophysiologist
I’ll never forget the first time I put a biventricular device in a patient nearly a decade ago. The patient felt different 10 minutes after we turned the device on. The family said, “Look at his face, he looks like a different person.” He did look different. Now his heart was pumping for the first time in
Let’s start out with the best advice there is when it comes to eating healthy: have a game plan. It’s easier to implement your game plan when you are in a routine, but what happens when the routine is broken? Maybe it’s your friend’s birthday and you are all gathering at your favorite Mexican restaurant, or you have a
If 2019 was not your year, it is ok! A new year can be a fresh start. Never give up and make a brand new ending. Happy New Year’s Eve from FCCI!
Drs. Vaqar Ali and Sumant Lamba are the first in the area to implant a new device that may potentially improve symptoms for heart failure patients. “This is truly the latest in heart failure treatment options,” said Principal Investigator and interventional cardiologist, Dr. Lamba. The device is called the V-Wave interatrial shunt device and is being implanted at Memorial
Between the foods you are told you should be eating and the foods you are told to avoid, eating heart healthy may seem overwhelming. However, we have a way to add a heart healthy kick to the meals you are already eating (no life-shattering changes required). Below are three examples of easy and quick additions to get you started:
You’re standing in aisle B at the pharmacy, staring at hundreds of supplements that all claim to have different health benefits. You may feel lost and confused when it comes to supplements and you are not the only one.
Supplements claim to provide a myriad of benefits, from weight loss to accelerated health and physical strength. Most American diets lack
If you are experiencing fatigue during the day due to lack of sleep, you are not alone. In fact, 35% of adults report that they do not get enough sleep, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The causes for this astonishing amount of sleep deprived American falls under two major categories: lifestyle/occupation and sleep disorders, according to
FCCI has another first! Dr. Ali, Vice President and Cath Lab Director at FCCI, along with the cath lab and research teams, enrolled and treated the first TORUS stent graft patient in the US. The TORUS stent graft is designed for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a disease affecting blood flow to the lower extremities. PAD has
The seasons are changing. Along with these changes also comes a change in our clocks, our eating habits, our exercise routine and more. While the winter months are happier times for most, it is also a time when heart failure cases begin to increase, according to the American Heart Association.
Below are the reasons why heart diseases, like heart failure,
