Heart attack vs. sudden cardiac arrest: Do you know the difference?

Q&A with Dr. Daniel Hermann, interventional cardiologist, Memorial Hermann Health System According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. There are roughly 800,000 heart attacks reported annually nationwide. Alongside these statistics, more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests [Continue Reading]

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Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis: Small steps can make a big difference.

Experts predict that more people will travel for the holidays this year than in either of the previous two years. That means higher ticket prices, crowded flights and travel delays, but it could also put more people at risk for a serious medical condition: deep vein thrombosis, which can develop when people travel long distances [Continue Reading]

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Still Going Strong After Ten Years: The Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and its first LVAD recipient, celebrate a milestone.

When Memorial Hermann’s Center for Advanced Heart Failure first opened 10 years ago, Ray Anderson had been told he had only a few months left to live. In 2008, Anderson had a major heart attack that he mistook, at first, for indigestion. He drank an entire bottle of Pepto-Bismol over the course of the day, [Continue Reading]

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The Stress of Watching the Astros in the Playoffs Could Affect Your Heart

This time of year – for the past six years, at least – Astros fans gather at Minute Maid Park or around TVs across Houston to watch the Major League Baseball playoffs. Diehard fans are on the edge of their seats, hanging on every pitch, cheering for every home run and cursing when the opposing [Continue Reading]

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Atrial Fibrillation Doesn’t Always Hurt. Here’s Why You Need to Take It Seriously.

Glen Provost was sitting in his recliner one day near the end of 2019 when he felt a strange sensation in his chest. “It wasn’t painful. It wasn’t really even uncomfortable. It was just really weird,” he recalls. “I analogize it to what it feels like when you’re in an elevator and the elevator changes [Continue Reading]

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Rules to Follow for Heart Health: A Memorial Hermann Cardiologist Breaks Down Facts vs. Myths

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one person dies every 36 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease. These statistics are staggering: That’s why doctors say it is important to take control of [Continue Reading]

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