Pages tagged: family history

My condition and history are complicated and high risk. Can you advise me how to proceed?

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Rose, I wanted to get back to you on your rather complicated situation. It is clear that you are very...

With my family’s cardiac history, what should I do to be proactive about my health?

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Tina, Valve sclerosis has been shown to correlate with the presence of coronary artery disease and an overall higher risk...

With a family history of bundle branch block, am I likely to have the same?

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If your father and grandmother had only bundle branch block but no other heart disease, then the chances of these...

Heart diseases of different kinds seem to run in my family. Should I have an echocardiogram?

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It is unusual for so many ‘left-sided’ rare conditions to have affected your family (unicuspid aortic valve & hopoplastic left...

I was adopted at birth and do not know my genetic history. Is it important for me to see a cardiologist at any time?

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Dear Scott, I don’t think that this is as much of a handicap as one might think. As far as...

Heart Disease Risk Factors

Heart Health Topic

Cardiovascular disease can take many forms: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, stroke, or arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)....