Out of curiosity, what is the relative importance of
Medications/Diet/exercise in
1) Primary Prevention
2) Secondary Prevention.

My father, 61 years, 5 feet 5 inches, 65 kg, hypertensive for 5 years
and well controlled with drugs (beta blocker, calcium channel blocker),
non diabetic, po positive family history, retired service holder, with
slight higher level of bad lipids, experienced mild chest discomfort

Who has usefull information of cardiomyopathie?

I am 34 y.o. on thiazide, ramipril, and irbesartan for HBP.  I just did
some push-ups, and my BP went way down (92/55 then 89/50).
Is that safe?

I'd love to have you all mingle a bit and get to know each other. Maybe
you all have something in common.

My name is Bill, and I posted several months back about a "mystery
disease".
To recap, the events started on Sept 8/04, and included numbness
throughout the body, severe shortness of breath, tachycardia, visual

An important new study done by the Harvard Medical School and published in
the New England Journal of medicine has identified and quantified some risk
to caregivers.
The news report about the study did not mention statins directly, but we all

Hi folks,
I had an aortic valve replacement/aneurysm repair in 1999.  I recently
went for my annual echo.  Everything is fine and the report says
normal RV,RA,LA and LV chamber dimensions and contractility.

Hello to the group,
I am an experienced  software developer investigating opportunities in
the areas of embedded system software development with manufacturers
of electrocardiographs.

I am currently scheduled to be cardioverted at the end of February, for
I believe the 4th time in 5 years (last time was July 2004).  By the
time of the cardioversion I will have been on coumadin for about 6
weeks.

Did anyone else see the segment on Good Morning America this morning
about the MRI scanner? It was a machine still in the experimental
stages that took some incredible images of blood vessels from head to
toe. They said it'd be available to us mere mortals in about 5 years

I have an appt. with my PCP this Friday and will ask her,  but I wanted
to get an idea from everyone here.
Is it okay to go on roller coasters if you have WPW?
My family and i are supposed to go to a theme park next week and I LOVE

Hi there.  I am a 30 yo female.  At 15 I was diagnosed with WPW.  At 20
I had a catheter ablation.  In the last month I have had 4 "episodes"
where I have become dizzy and or lightheaded and have had palpitations
and or fluttering.  They seem to be getting worse with each one.  Yes,

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/health/07cnd-fat.html?hp&ex=1139374800&en=9fdd
8d6b9954745d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
By GINA KOLATA
Published: February 7, 2006
The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet keeps women from

Dear Friends,
Me:    73 year old male, Wt: 150 lbs, Active Type A personality.
Background: History of high blood pressure and elevated cholestorol.
   My doc instructed to cut my BP medication in half about a month ago