4 Things to Know About Pacemakers
Here’s what to expect if your doctor has recommended one.
Heart and Vascular Health
Category: Heart and Vascular Health
How Cardiac Rehab Can Help After a Heart Attack
This supervised exercise program strengthens your heart for a healthy life.
Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Health
One Family, Two Heart Transplants
Sharing a heart failure gene, a mother and daughter both opt for transplantation.
Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Failure, Organ Donation, Transplants
What to Expect from a Nuclear Stress Test
A UNC Health cardiologist explains this diagnostic exam to detect heart disease.
Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Health
How Sick Sinus Syndrome Affects Your Heart Rhythm
Your heart has a natural pacemaker, but sometimes it breaks down and needs help.
Heart and Vascular Health
Treatment for Heart Valve Disease that Avoids Open Heart Surgery
Minimally invasive procedures enhance quality of life.
Heart and Vascular Health
Identifying Gender and Racial Disparities in Heart Attack Care
UNC researchers are spreading the word about these disparities and starting a conversation about how to change them.
Cardiology, Health Disparities, Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Attacks, Research, Women's Health
Heart Attack Symptoms: Women vs. Men
Symptoms in women can be vague, subtle and easy to miss.
Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Attacks
What You Need to Know About Heart Failure
Heart failure doesn’t mean your heart doesn’t work, but that it works less well.
Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Failure
What Happens in Commotio Cordis?
If not treated immediately, this rare cardiac event can be fatal.
Adolescents, Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Health
Is the Pain in Your Legs Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Vascular specialists answer common questions about this potentially serious condition.
Heart and Vascular Health
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Stroke
Longer life expectancy for women can mean more strokes.
Neurology, Stroke, Women's Health