LVADs: Giving Back What Heart Disease Has Taken Away
Patients often ask what a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) can do for them. Medically, the answer is that this implantable…
Should I Take My Blood Pressure Medication at Night?
Doctors often suggest taking daily medication in the morning, as part of your start-the-day routine. A recent study, however, suggests…
Young Adults: Here’s How to Identify and Reduce Heart Disease Risk
Most of the time, when we talk to patients about dealing with their risk for heart disease, we’re speaking to…
Celebrated Physician: Nicholas Kessides, MD
For Chevy Chase, Md., native Nicholas Kessides, MD, joining MedStar Washington Hospital Center as an attending physician in anesthesiology offered…
How to Choose a Heart Specialist
Most primary care physicians do an excellent job of managing common risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol…
Living With Advanced Heart Failure? Take Heart
There is no doubt that the person best equipped to manage your heart failure is a specialist. To monitor symptoms…