What You Need to Know About Heart Failure
A cardiologist offers tips on how to treat and manage this common condition.
Category: Cardiology
Changing the Conversation about Cholesterol
Cardiologist explains the American Heart Association’s updated cholesterol guidelines.
You’ve Been Diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation. Now What?
Learn how to manage your AFib symptoms to avoid trips to the emergency room.
Teenage Heart Patient Aspires to Help Others
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children, Heart Failure, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
Four Ways Cardiac Rehab Improves Your Life if You Have Heart Disease
Participating in cardiac rehab is associated with a 50 percent drop in death rates.
Heart Attack Symptoms: Women vs. Men
Symptoms in women can be vague, subtle and easy to miss.
What a Heart Attack Really Feels Like
A heart attack can manifest in many ways, and knowing the signs can be a lifesaver.
Choosing a Strategy to Help Patients at Risk for Heart Disease
Heart patients get the best care when primary care providers and cardiologists work together, sooner. There is a trend toward earlier collaboration between general physicians and heart specialists, according to Thelsa Weickert, MD, a cardiologist with UNC Heart & Vascular. “Gone are the days when we would see people after their third or fourth heart…
Transitioning Heart Patients Back to Primary Care
Physicians and cardiologists work together to ensure continuous treatment.
Four Reasons to Take High Blood Pressure Seriously
Hypertension is common and treatable, but also potentially dangerous
Smith Recognized With American College of Cardiology Top Honor
Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD, will be presented with the Master of the ACC Award at ACC’s 66th Annual Scientific Session.
Researchers implicate suspect in heart disease linked to diabetes
In their study of the IRS-1 protein, researchers at the University of North Carolina found a new lead for reversing or preventing heart disease associated with diabetes.