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Life After a Pacemaker: A Guide to Recovery and Long-Term Care
A patient-friendly guide to pacemaker recovery — caring for your incision, safe arm movement, driving and work, follow-up visits, remote monitoring, and when to call your doctor.
After a Heart Attack: How to Lower Your Risk of Having Another One
After a heart attack, secondary prevention is what lowers the risk of the next one. A cardiologist's guide to LDL targets, antiplatelet therapy, beta blockers, cardiac rehab, exercise, diet, smoking, blood pressure, and the numbers worth tracking.
Vasovagal Syncope: Why You Faint and What You Can Do About It
A cardiologist's plain-language guide to vasovagal syncope—why people faint, the warning signs, what to do in the moment, counter-pressure maneuvers, tilt-table testing, and when fainting is a red flag.
Statins: The Truth About Side Effects and Common Myths
A cardiologist's guide to statins: the side effects that are genuinely real (and how common they are), plus 11 common myths separated from the evidence on muscle pain, liver, memory, diabetes, and more.
Coronary Calcium Score: What It Means and Why It Matters
A clear, patient-friendly guide to the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score: what it measures, what the numbers mean, who should consider the test, and how it guides heart-disease prevention under the 2026 ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline.