Even the simplest surgery can be hard on the body. When the body is stressed and recovering, it is vulnerable to infection, which can slow and complicate healing. The good news is that there are many...
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(405) 608-3200 We are a community for patients (as well as family and friends) with pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD), or wearable cardiac defibrillators (LifeVest). Our group is...
No matter how well done, surgery is always hard on the body. It’s an invasive change in the way your system works. With modern methods, we’ve learned to minimize the impact of surgery, and that’s...
The recent sudden cardiac arrest of a young professional football player has brought attention to a heart condition called commotio cordis. Although commotio cordis has not been definitively...
When someone’s heart stops suddenly, vital organs like the brain no longer receive oxygen because blood is not moving through the body. The use of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) as soon as...
In the past, some doctors and medical associations recommended daily low-dose aspirin for older adults as a means of protecting overall heart health. Now, a panel of medical experts say it’s...
Go Red for Women is an annual event encouraging people to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease and its impact on women. Wear Red Day is the first Friday in February every year. The statistics...
There have been many medical advances related to open heart surgery, including the ability to avoid the surgery and use much less invasive methods for many procedures. But in some cases, open heart...
The circulatory system, also called the vascular or cardiovascular system, is the complex system that circulates blood and nutrients throughout the body. Every part of this system works together, and...