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Keeping Your Heart Healthy

Here's to your heart!

Read up on everything you need to know about keeping your heart healthy, including the latest research and leading-edge treatments from top cardiologists at the CardioVascular Institute at BIDMC. Plus, take our quizzes  to find out how much you really know about heart health.

Heart Health in the News

Heartbeat» Top 10 Myths About Cardiovascular Disease
» Ladies: 7 Tips for Heart Health
» How Energy Drinks May Affect the Heart
» How the Flu Affects the Heart
» Stay Heart Healthy This Heart Month!


HEART HEALTH VIDEOS
Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
 Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Patient's Guide
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Things Women Should Do to Help Their Hearts
Get a Leg Up on Leg Health

Get a Leg Up on Leg Health
AFib Treatment Gets Patient Moving Again

Afib Treatment Gets Patient Moving Again
Better Treatment for AAA Patients

Better Treatment for AAA Patients
The Perfect Exercise After a Heart Attack

The Perfect Exercise After Heart Attack
Heart Attack Risk Following Loss

Heart Attack Risk Following Loss

Did You Know? Hot Topics for Heart Health

Doctor talking with patient » The Symptoms of a Heart Attack: Men vs. Women
» Risky Mix: How Drugstore Remedies and Foods Affect Your Heart Medication
» Too Much of a Good Thing? Extreme Performance Athletes May Be At Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias
» It's True: A Broken Heart CAN Cause a Broken Heart
» Learning About Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Could Save Your Life
» Leg Pain While Walking May Signal Clogged Peripheral Arteries
» Non-Surgical Option Now Available for Aortic Valve Replacement
» Why Vascular Surgeons Hate Smoking
» A New Order For CPR, Spelled C-A-B
» Inflammation: A Hot Topic for the Heart
» Home After Heart Surgery: Keys to a Successful Recovery


Living a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle

Family going for a walk » Top 5 Foods for Preventing Heart Disease
» What's Up with the Mediterranean Diet? Why Heart Doctors Love It
» "Blue Moon" Foods: What to Enjoy Sparingly and Substitutions in Case You Can't
» Mediterranean Recipes: Meals to Warm (and Protect) the Heart
» Taking Calcium: What's a Woman to Do?
» The Truth About Chocolate And Your Heart
» An Apple A Day: Helps Keep Heart Trouble Away!
» Couch Potatoes, Sit At Your Own Risk

heart-shaped blood pressure cuff

Blood Pressure & Cholesterol Basics

» Good vs. Bad Cholesterol
» What Your Cholesterol Levels Mean?
» Understanding Blood Pressure Readings
» Symptoms of High Blood Pressure


Irregular heartbeatAll About Atrial Fibrillation

» Connecting the Cardiac Cousins: The Relationship Between Afib and Heart Failure
» An Atrial Fibrillation Epidemic?
» Atrial Fibrillation Can Be A Family Affair
» AFib Closely Linked To Stroke
» AFib Procedure Eliminates Need For Drugs
» Atrial Fibrillation Q & A
» Move Over, Warfarin: New Drug Liberates AFib Patients


QuizTest Your Knowledge

There's a lot you may not know about heart health. See how well you can do on these quizzes from the CVI at BIDMC!

Contact Information

CardioVascular Institute at
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
888-99-MYCVI
617-632-9777

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