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Heart Health
Understanding Your Heart Rate
You’ve probably noticed that your health care provider checks your heart rate during every visit. That’s because your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Checking how your heart beats...
Heart Health
Protect Your Heart from the Flu and COVID-19
Winter and respiratory viruses go hand-in-hand. And this can be a big problem for your heart — especially with the recent severe flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) season in addition to the ongoing...
Structural Heart
Unlocking Heart Valve Health with Minimally Invasive Options
Imagine your heart is a house where the four chambers are four rooms, and your heart valves are the doors. Those doors, or valves, open and close to control blood flow in the heart....
Arrhythmia
Find the Right AFib Treatment Options and Expertise
If a doctor has diagnosed you with atrial fibrillation (AFib), you might wonder what it means for your health.
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common diagnosis of an irregular heartbeat. By 2030, researchers...
Heart Health
The Mediterranean Diet: A Heart-Healthy Way to Eat
Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have cardiovascular disease, making it one of society’s most prevalent health conditions. Fortunately, people can prevent cardiovascular disease in many ways. What is the easiest way...
Heart Health
Emory Heart and Vascular Center Implants 500th Lifesaving Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
First used in the 1960s, the ventricular assist device supplies mechanical circulatory support by pumping blood from the ventricles, or lower chambers of the heart, to the rest of the body. Because the device...
Arrhythmia
Kaleb McGary Tackles Arrhythmia to Reach His NFL Dream
When Kaleb McGary heard his name announced as a first-round pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2019 National Football League draft, he had mixed feelings.
“It was an incredible feeling of accomplishment to finally...
Vascular Conditions
Expanding Vascular Care in Your Community
The network of blood vessels that make up your vascular system is responsible for carrying oxygen and essential nutrients throughout your body. It’s a complex system that reaches every part of your body –...
