Heart Disease/Cardiology

Recent Answers

2009-11-07 Heart & Cardiology - Weirdness:

Dear Laura, The most common cause of pain in a young person is cramping of the muscles in the chest wall. If you can modify the pain, make it better or worse, by pressing on the area that hurts, then

2009-11-07 Heart & Cardiology - Heart palpitations, chest heaviness, fatigue:

Dear Jacqueline, Measure your blood pressure sitting and then standing quietly for 1,3 and 5 minutes. If it gets below 90, that's the probable cause of your dizziness and fatigue. The most common

2009-11-07 Heart & Cardiology - THUMPING IN CENTER OF CHEST:

Dear Rita, No not life or health threatening. You're probably feeling skipped heart beats, which are normal heart activity, don't mean you have heart disease now or will in the future. The beat after

2009-11-06 Hypertension - Blood press medicine:

She is already on a diuretic so that is removed from the hierarchial order. If she has previously been on an ACE inhibitor and had cough then the cough would be likely to recur even on a lower dose of

2009-11-06 Hypertension - hypertension medication:

All the antihypertensives have their advantages and disadvantages. Selection of the group is of utmost importance and depends from person to person. If you consider safety as a top priority in drug selection