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Living With a
Cardiac Device

All Devices

What You Should Know About Anti-theft Systems in Stores Cardiac Device Questions? Answers Are Just a Phone Call Away Airport Security: Safe for Implanted Cardiac Devices? Cardiac Device Replacement: What to Expect New System Monitors Cardiac Device Patients at Home Preparing for Your Cardiac Device Implant Cardiac Devices: The Inside Story LifeBeat Online Answers Common Questions – 1 LifeBeat Online Answers Common Questions – 2 Cardiac Myths and Facts More Cardiac Myths and Facts Traveling With a Cardiac Device What's Inside of Me?

Defibrillators

Devices and Remote Monitoring Help Family Return to Normal Activities Defibrillator Patient Shares Positive Attitude Patient Gets Defibrillator After Surviving Five Cardiac Arrests Young Defibrillator Patients Mother and Daughter Receive Defibrillators for Heart Condition A Clinical Study Helps Two Patients MADIT II: Groundbreaking Cardiac Trial Defibrillator an Option for More Medicare Patients

Pacemakers

Pacemaker Patient Rises to the Ironman Challenge Couple Shares Pacemaker Experiences Athletes with Pacemakers What You Should Know After Your Pacemaker Implant Living With a Pacemaker

Heart Failure Devices (CRT Devices)

New Treatment Guidelines for Heart Failure Patients Newest Treatment for Heart Failure: CRT Device Feeling Better, Living Better With a CRT Device

Living With Heart and Blood Vessel Conditions

Heart and Blood Vessel Basics

Blood Flow Through Your Heart: A Visual Tour LifeBeat Heart Basics The Heart's Electrical System Blood Vessels: A Visual Tour

Prevention

Heart Disease Risks The Basics About Cholesterol Testing Health Benefits Develop Quickly After You Quit Smoking

Conditions

Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attack, and Heart Failure: What’s the Difference? Cardiomyopathy: What You Need to Know Heart Attack: Symptoms Differ for Men and Women Men and Women: Differences in Heart Disease Heart Disease and Diabetes — What's the Connection? Raising Awareness of Peripheral Vascular Disease Women's Heart Health

Diagnosis

Important Tests and Screenings Cardiac Catheterization: What to Expect

Treatments

Patients Return to Active Lives After Beating Heart Bypass Traditional and Beating Heart Bypass: What's the Difference?Advances in Bypass Surgery and Vessel Harvesting Couple Views Vessel Harvesting Beating Heart Breakthrough

Medications

Medications Used to Treat Heart Conditions Five Tips for Taking Your Medications

Doctor Appointments

The Different Heart Doctors Who Might Treat You Making Sense of Cardiac Abbreviations Your Medical Records and Your Privacy

Coping and Recovery

From Victim to Survivor: Heart Failure Journeys Telling Others About Your Heart Condition Sexual Intimacy and Heart Conditions Coping With a Hospital Stay: Two Viewpoints Dealing With Depression and Anxiety Post-Surgical Considerations Finding the Connections You Need

Nutrition and Fitness

The Food Label — A Tool for Staying Healthy Fat, Food, and the Way You Live How Eating Less Sodium Can Help Your Cardiovascular Health Heart Health for the Summer Heart Health for the Fall Keeping Fit as You Head into Winter

Heart Health Research

What Are Clinical Studies?