Heart Health and Stroke
Heart Health and Stroke
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Last Updated: March 2024
Learn about keeping your heart healthy and strong. The health topics on this page cover everything from how your heart works to symptoms of heart disease.
Arterial Problems
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Carotid Artery Stenting
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Intermittent Claudication
- Ischemia
- Peripheral Arterial Disease and Exercise
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Peripheral Arterial Disease: Pulse and Blood Pressure Measurement
- Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease
- Temporal Artery Biopsy
Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Arteries and Heart Function
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart
- Coronary Artery Disease: Family History
- Coronary Artery Disease: Helping a Loved One
- Coronary Artery Disease: Roles of Different Doctors
- Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram?
- Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Angioplasty for Stable Angina?
- Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Attack and Stroke
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Heart Arrhythmias and Exercise
- Heart Attack and Stroke in Women: Reducing Your Risk
- Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
- Heart Attack and Unstable Angina
- Heart Attack: How to Prevent Another One
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Learning About a Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Self-Care After a Stroke
- Stroke
- Stroke Prevention: Should I Have a Carotid Artery Procedure?
- Stroke Recovery: Coping With Eating Problems
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Stroke: Behaviour Changes
- Stroke: Bladder and Bowel Problems
- Stroke: Changes in Emotions
- Stroke: Common Problems
- Stroke: Dealing With Depression
- Stroke: Getting Dressed
- Stroke: How to Prevent Another One
- Stroke: Memory Tips
- Stroke: Perception Changes
- Stroke: Preventing Injury in Affected Limbs
- Stroke: Problems With Ignoring the Affected Side
- Stroke: Should I Move My Loved One Into Long-Term Care?
- Stroke: Speech and Language Problems
- Stroke: Your Rehabilitation Team
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Heart Failure
- Classification of Heart Failure
- Enjoying Life When You Have Heart Failure
- Heart Failure
- Heart Failure and Sexual Activity
- Heart Failure Complications
- Heart Failure Daily Action Plan
- Heart Failure Stages
- Heart Failure Symptoms
- Heart Failure Types
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (Diastolic Heart Failure)
- Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (Systolic Heart Failure)
- Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
- Heart Failure: Avoiding Colds and Flu
- Heart Failure: Avoiding Medicines That Make Symptoms Worse
- Heart Failure: Avoiding Triggers for Sudden Heart Failure
- Heart Failure: Checking Your Weight
- Heart Failure: Compensation by the Heart and Body
- Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet
- Heart Failure: Less Common Symptoms
- Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)?
- Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
- Heart Failure: Symptom Record
- Heart Failure: Taking Medicines Properly
- Heart Failure: Tips for Caregivers
- Heart Failure: Tips for Easier Breathing
- Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
- Heart Failure: Watching Your Fluids
- High-Output Heart Failure
- Right-Sided Heart Failure
- Sudden Heart Failure
Heart Rhythm Problems
- Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Take an Anticoagulant to Prevent Stroke?
- Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Try Electrical Cardioversion?
- Atrial Fibrillation: Which Anticoagulant Should I Take to Prevent Stroke?
- Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)
- Change in Heartbeat
- Electrical Cardioversion (Defibrillation) for a Fast Heart Rate
- Fast Heart Rate
- Heart Block
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
- Heart Rhythm Problems and Driving
- Heart Rhythm Problems: Diary of Symptoms
- Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?
- Heart Rhythm Problems: Symptoms
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Target Heart Rate?
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?
- Types of Bradycardia
- Vagal Manoeuvres for Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Ventricular Tachycardia
Blood Pressure
- Blood Pressure Screening
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressure: Checking Your Blood Pressure at Home
- High Blood Pressure: Over-the-Counter Medicines to Avoid
- High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
- Home Blood Pressure Log
- Hypertensive Emergency
- Isolated Systolic High Blood Pressure
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
- Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Secondary High Blood Pressure
Medications
- Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)
- Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
- Aspirin: Should I Take Daily Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke?
- Beta-blockers
- Medicines to Prevent Abnormal Heart Rhythm in Heart Failure
- Monitoring and Medicines for Heart Failure
- Tyrell's Story: Taking Pills for High Blood Pressure
- Using Nitroglycerin for Angina
Healthy Eating
- GERD: Controlling Heartburn by Changing Your Habits
- Healthy Diet Guidelines for a Healthy Heart
- Healthy Eating: Eating Heart-Healthy Foods
- Heartburn
- Heartburn Symptom Record
- Heartburn: Changing Your Eating Habits
- Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish
- Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
- Modify Recipes for a Heart-Healthy Diet
Cardiac Rehabilitation
- After a Stroke: Helping Your Family Adjust
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Team
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Emotional Health Benefits
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Home Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Hospital Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Lifestyle Changes
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Maintenance Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Outpatient Program
- Driving a Car After a Stroke
- Resuming Sexual Activity After a Heart Attack
- Sex and Your Heart
- Treatment for Stroke-Related Spasticity