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  1. Cardiac Catheterization: Before Your Procedure Learn what a cardiac catheterization is, how it is done, and how to prepare.
  2. Your Child's Cardiac Catheterization for PDA: Before the Procedure Learn what cardiac catheterization for PDA is and how to prepare your child for it.
  3. Cardiac Catheterization: Returning Home Find out how you'll feel after a cardiac catheterization and how to take care of yourself at home.
  4. Cardiac Catheterization Discusses test used to check your heart and coronary arteries. Covers reasons cardiac catheterization is done. Looks at how to prepare. Explains how the test is done in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab) by a cardiologist. Covers risks.
  5. Cardiac Catheterization in Children
  6. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Before Your Procedure Learn what catheter ablation is and how it is done to treat atrial fibrillation.
  7. Catheter Ablation for SVT: Before Your Procedure Learn about catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia and how this procedure is done.
  8. Your Child's EP Study and Ablation: Before the Procedure Learn what an EP study and ablation are and how to prepare your child for each one.
  9. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Hospital Program
  10. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Home Program
  11. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Outpatient Program
  12. Cardiac Perfusion Scan
  13. Cardiac Blood Pool Scan
  14. Cardiac Enzyme Studies
  15. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Lifestyle Changes
  16. Cardiac Rehabilitation Team
  17. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Emotional Health Benefits
  18. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Medicine and Exercise
  19. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Monitoring Your Body's Response to Exercise
  20. Cardiac Rehab: What Is It? Learn how cardiac rehab works and how it can help you get stronger and feel better.
  21. Cardiac Rehab: How It Can Help Hear how cardiac rehab helped others have less fear and be more sure about how to live with a heart problem.
  22. Cardiac Rehabilitation Discusses cardiac rehabilitation (rehab), which helps you feel better and reduce risk of future heart problems with exercise and lifestyle changes. Looks at rehab for people who have heart conditions such as heart attack, heart surgery, or heart failure.
  23. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Weight and Resistance Training
  24. Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)? Guides through decision to get a pacemaker for heart failure. Answers common questions about pacemakers, such as how they work and are placed. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  25. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Maintenance Program
  26. Pacemaker Placement: Before Your Procedure See what you can expect and how to prepare for getting a pacemaker.
  27. Maze Procedure Discusses surgical treatment to control irregular heartbeat and restore normal rhythm of heart. Looks at what to expect after surgery, like taking medicine such as Coumadin. Covers risks.
  28. Coronary Angiogram: Before Your Procedure Learn how and why an angiogram is done as well as how to prepare for an angiogram.
  29. Coronary Angiogram: Returning Home Learn how you'll feel after a coronary angiogram and how to take care of yourself at home.
  30. Coronary Angiogram: How Others Decided Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have a coronary angiogram.
  31. Open-Heart Surgery: Returning Home Learn how to take care of yourself and what activities to avoid after open-heart surgery.
  32. Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram? Guides you through the decision to have an angiogram. Explains why the test is done and what it can show. Discusses why you might or might not want to have the test. Lists risks and benefits. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
  33. Catheter Ablation: Returning Home Find out how you'll feel after a catheter ablation and how to take care of yourself at home.
  34. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Discusses nonsurgical procedure, called catheter ablation, for atrial fibrillation if medicine is not effective or not tolerated. Also discusses implanting a pacemaker. Looks at why procedure is done, how well it works, and possible risks.
  35. Electrophysiology (EP) Study
  36. Supraventricular Tachycardia: Should I Have Catheter Ablation? Guides you through the decision to have catheter ablation for the heart rhythm problem supraventricular tachycardia. Lists benefits and risks of catheter ablation and medical therapy. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  37. Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Have Catheter Ablation? Guides you through the decision to have catheter ablation for the heart rhythm problem atrial fibrillation. Lists benefits and risks of catheter ablation and medical therapy. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  38. Catheter Ablation for a Fast Heart Rate Covers procedure to destroy (ablate) tiny areas of heart muscle causing fast heart rate. Includes radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation. Covers use for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT), Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, and ventricular tachycardia.
  39. Your Child's EP Study and Ablation: Returning Home Learn what you can do at home to care for your child after an EP study and ablation.
  40. Pacemaker Placement: Returning Home Get tips for taking care of yourself after your procedure.
  41. Heart Tests: When Do You Need Them?
  42. Pacemaker Discusses pacemakers used to treat bradycardia. Discusses various types of pacemakers. Covers how they work and how well they work, risks, and possible side effects.
  43. Leadless Pacemaker
  44. Heart Transplant
  45. Electrical Cardioversion for a Fast Heart Rate
  46. Biventricular Pacemaker
  47. Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation Discusses procedure that uses electric current to reset heart's rhythm to its regular pattern. Covers its use to stop atrial fibrillation. Discusses what to expect after treatment, how well it works, and risks.
  48. Echocardiogram for Children Learn what an echocardiogram for children is and how it's done.
  49. Coronary Calcium Scan
  50. Echocardiogram
  51. SPECT Image of the Heart
  52. Valvuloplasty for Aortic Valve Stenosis
  53. Valvuloplasty for Mitral Valve Stenosis
  54. Transthoracic Echocardiogram
  55. Ambulatory Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  56. Helping a Loved One After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
  57. Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease Learn what bypass surgery does for your heart and what will happen during surgery.
  58. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Covers types of coronary bypass surgeries, also called CABG. Includes minimally invasive surgeries. Includes a slideshow of CABG. Looks at when surgery is done. Describes how surgery is done, recovery time, and risks.
  59. Exercise Electrocardiogram (Stress Test) See how a stress test works and how it's done.
  60. Heart Valve Repair or Replacement: Before Your Surgery Learn how surgery is done to repair or replace heart valves.
  61. Exercise Electrocardiogram (EKG) Covers exercise stress test, also called treadmill test or exercise EKG. Explains why it's done, such as finding cause of angina symptoms and checking exercise tolerance after heart attack. Includes how it's done and how it feels. Includes risks.
  62. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Test
  63. Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Bypass Surgery? Guides you through decision to have bypass surgery. Covers other treatment options. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  64. Heart Attack: How to Prevent Another One
  65. Thinking About a Coronary Angiogram Learn what a coronary angiogram is and explore ideas for talking to your doctor to decide if this test is right for you.
  66. CPR Quick Reference
  67. Coronary Artery Disease: Making Peace With Medicines Learn how others accept taking heart medicines as part of daily life.
  68. Stress Echocardiogram
  69. Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker? Topic guides reader through decision to get a pacemaker for heart rate problems. Provides general overview of what pacemakers are and what heart problems can be helped with pacemakers. Lists benefits and possible complications of getting a pacemaker.
  70. Heart Health: Finding Support for Healthy Changes Hear how one woman found the support she needed to make heart-healthy choices.
  71. Heart Rhythm Problems and Driving
  72. Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)
  73. Heart Failure: Limiting Fluids Learn tips for limiting fluids—if your doctor has asked you to—when you have heart failure.
  74. Heart Attack and Stroke: A Woman's Risk Learn why it's important to know your risks for heart attack and stroke if you're a woman.
  75. Quick Tips: Taking Charge of Your Angina
  76. Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight Daily Understand how daily weight checks help you avoid heart failure emergencies.
  77. Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
  78. Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight Discusses importance of tracking weight for those with heart failure. Covers how to check your weight when you have heart failure.
  79. Organ Transplant Answers questions about organ transplants. Covers becoming an organ donor and getting on a waiting list. Covers tests used to see if you'd be a good candidate. Looks at medicines that you might take after a transplant. Offers tips for staying healthy.
  80. Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
  81. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
  82. Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Try Electrical Cardioversion? Guides you through decision to have electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. Lists benefits and risks. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  83. Abortion: Emotional Recovery
  84. Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
  85. Abortion Covers the facts about abortion and follow-up care.
  86. Chronic Illness: Help for Caregivers
  87. Heart Failure: Support After Your Hospital Stay Learn about help you'll get to manage your heart failure at home.
  88. Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids Discusses need to watch fluid intake with heart failure. Gives tips for keeping track of fluid intake, spreading fluids throughout the day, and managing thirst.
  89. Coronary Calcium Scan: Should I Have This Test? Guides you through the decision to have a coronary calcium scan. Explains why a coronary calcium scan is done and what it can show. Lists treatments that might come after a coronary calcium scan. Lists risks and benefits. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
  90. Mitral Valve Stenosis: Repair or Replacement?
  91. Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet
  92. Is It a Heart Attack? Hear a story about how heart attacks may feel different than you expect.
  93. High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
  94. What Is Clot-Busting (Thrombolytic) Treatment? Learn how clot-busting medicines are used for emergencies like stroke and heart attack.
  95. After a Heart Attack: Taking Beta-Blockers Learn how beta-blocker medicine helps your heart heal after a heart attack.
  96. Thrombolytics for Heart Attack and Stroke
  97. After a Heart Attack: Taking an Aspirin or Antiplatelet Learn why it's important to take antiplatelet medicine or a daily aspirin after a heart attack.
  98. Physical Activity Helps Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke

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