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Your heart beats 36 million times every year, and understanding this incredible organ empowers you to keep it healthy for life. Our expert advice covers everything from how your heart works to the latest treatments, helping you make informed decisions about cardiac care. Cardiac Matters is here to help.

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What are Statins?

For those who have been told they have cardiovascular disease caused by high cholesterol it is likely that they will be prescribed a drug called a statins, w...

Explaining Cardiac Enzymes

Enzymes are found throughout the body and are released to enable chemical reactions and responses to take place. Cardiac enzymes are chemical substances made...

Fibrinogen Treatment Before Heart Surgery

It would have been unthinkable a century ago, but modern surgery now makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to have open heart surge...

Explaining the Angiography Technique

Angiography is an extremely useful technique designed to allow physicians to achieve a detailed examination of the blood vessels and heart. Using principles...

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Use your phone or computer camera to measure your heart rate and keep a diary of readings over time. Export for your GP. All data stays on your device.

Heart Risk Checker

Check your heart disease risk factors and get personalised guidance.

Blood Pressure Explainer

Understand your blood pressure reading and what it means for your health.

Heart Medications: Common Side Effects and What to Do

Heart medication keeps you alive. That sounds blunt, but it is important to say because a lot of people stop taking their tablets due to side effects without...

Blood Pressure Monitors: Choosing and Using One at Home

If you have been told to monitor your blood pressure at home, the first question is usually which machine to buy. There are dozens on the market and the pric...

Heart Disease and Your Mental Health

Nobody warns you about this part. You survive a heart attack, you have the surgery, you get through rehab, and then you fall apart. Depression after a cardia...

What Happens at Cardiac Rehabilitation?

If you have been referred for cardiac rehab and you are not sure what to expect, you are not alone. A lot of people put it off because they imagine a gym ful...

Living With Heart Failure: A Practical Guide

Being told you have heart failure is frightening. The name itself sounds terminal, which is misleading. Heart failure means your heart is not pumping as effi...

Heart Attack Warning Signs Women Often Miss

When most people picture a heart attack, they imagine someone clutching their chest and collapsing. That does happen, but it is far more common in men than i...

What is an Aortic Dissection?

It is fairly rare to have an aortic dissection; only one person in 100 000 people in the UK population will be diagnosed with one each year, but it is still...

I Had a Cardiac MRI: A Case Study

Carol was 65 when she first experienced problems. I had been having aches and pains for months, but nothing specific. Just before Christmas two years ago I w...

What Are Aldosterone Antagonists?

Aldosterone antagonists are drugs that are often used to treat heart failure. This occurs when the heart becomes damaged and then cannot act as an efficient...

What is Perfusion Scanning?

Perfusion scanning is basically and advanced form of medical imaging that aims to ‘see’ the passage of fluids through body tissues. The fluids can be oxy...

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