Heart Disease
For patients, caregivers, and medical professionals interested in various heart diseases, including coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, heart arrhythmia (cardiac arrhythmia), atrial fibrillation, and cardiomyopathy.
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease include: hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), overweight, obesity and diabetes.
Cardiovascular diseases can also lead to the following conditions: heart attack, heart failure, stroke and angina.
This community is also for students and professionals in the field of cardiology.
Welcome Heart Sisters!
Jan 04, 2010 at 12:30pm
A warm welcome to all the Heart Sisters from Inspired.com that have joined over the last week. I hope you find many valuable resources here in this community.
As you know, you can ask questions, post discussion threads, find related blogs under "Related News & Analysis", and find related Communities of Interest on Medpedia (like the Heart Attack Community and the Hypertension Community).
We are just getting these communities started, so please give us your feedback -- positive AND negative. It can only improve if we are aware of your needs!
Ffeel free to add me as a contact and/or email me with any questions, comments or feedback (jhawkins@medpedia.com).
Again, welcome, and happy 2010!
Regards,
Jennifer
Jan 04, 2010 at 2:17pm
As one of the Heart Sisters who came over following Carolyn's post on the WomenHeart forum at Inspire, thanks for the welcome here. :)
Jan 04, 2010 at 5:25pm
Thanks for the welcome. I also joined because of the post on the Women Heart. I'm looking forward to good information and good discussions
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