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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.
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The left atrium was approaching the upper limits of normal size at 3.90 cm. The left ventricle is normal...
I had a problem before with Potassium loss from HCTZ. I was taken off of it when I went to the emergency ward, for certain symptons. My...
Hi Doctor. I'm a 28 year old male considering topical OTC minoxidil (either 2 or 5%, don't really know yet).
A few years ago, I was f...
I have a copy of my treadmill test results. My ST was flat at about 0.9 out to about 90 BPM (V3), then dropped with a near constant slope...
Had echo done in Sept., was told by Dr. that everything was normal. Decided to get a copy of the results the other day on a whim, and ha...
Six years ago my husband had a stent placed at the top of the LAD, he had restenosis in 6 months, they did radiation therapy and placed 2...
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