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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Forum
Questions in the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention forum are answered by Dr. Lee Kirksey, associate professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Questions
I am a 28 yr. old male. I am overweight at 270 lbs. I am working out with a trainer 2x a week, and I go running in between training sessi...
Two years ago I was diagnosed with Dysautonomia after wearing an event monitor for five weeks. Episodes of sinus arrhythmia occured and ...
Trying to rule out heart causing shortness of breath.
started 1 year ago. just mild, constant, rest or no rest. smoked for 5 years, but ...
I had a chest x-ray, 24 hour holter monitor and an echo of my heart. It call came back normal except sinus tachycardia, which the cardiol...
My 70 year old husband has been diagnosed with the following:
1) atrial fibrilation
2) several mitral regurgitation
3) left ventricle ...
I recently had my annual physical and came back with a total chol of 219 and direct LDL of 159, HDL of 48 and triglycerides of 60. I am...
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