Love Your Heart
A Cleveland Clinic podcast to help you learn more about heart and vascular disease and conditions affecting your chest. We explore prevention, diagnostic tests, medical and surgical treatments, new innovations and more.
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Q&A with Dr. Klein: Pericarditis - Diagnosis & Treatment
After a webchat on Pericarditis, with Dr. Allan Klein, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Pericardial Disease Center reviewed common questions that patients ask about medications, how patients are monitored during treatment, exercise, and what is on the horizon for new treatments.
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December 25, 2018
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (8:3)
Dr. Steven Nissen, Chairman of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic talks with experts: cardiologist Milind Desai, MD and cardiovascular surgeon, Nicholas Smedira, MD about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Learn about what HCM is, symptoms, how it’s diagnosed, what family members should know, what is involved in surgery and medical therapy, and when an implantable defibrillator is necessary.
Play NowDecember 11, 2018
What every patient should know about cardiac rehabilitation
Dr. Erik Van Iterson, Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Cleveland Clinic what patients should know about cardiac rehabilitation: Who can benefit? When should you start a cardiac rehabilitation program? How does cardiac rehab fit into your treatment plan? What should you do if you do not have a cardiac rehab program close by? How does the family benefit?
Play NowNovember 27, 2018
Q&A with Dr. Mountis and Dr. Soltesz: Heart Failure Treatments (15:9)
After a webchat on heart failure treatments, Dr. Maria Mountis, heart failure cardiologist and Dr. Edward Soltesz, Surgical Director of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure and Recovery discussed topics that were addressed during the chat including heart failure medications, cardioMEMs monitoring, when patients are considered for advanced therapies, what patients should know about heart transplant or ventricular assist devices, and high risk heart surgery for patients with heart failure.
Play NowNovember 13, 2018
Pericarditis (5:83)
Dr. Steven Nissen discusses pericardial disease with Dr. Allan Klein, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Pericardial Disease Center – including different types of pericardial disease (such as pericarditis and recurrent pericarditis), common symptoms, diagnostic testing, medications used to treat pericarditis and when surgery is used.
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