How do pacemakers and defibrillators work? A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical system of the heart
Heart rates that are too slow or too fast can sometimes be lethal. Medical implants can help the heart get its rhythm back.
Virginia Singla, Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh •
conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~10 min
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~10 min
Don’t need high cholesterol to benefit from statins
New studies provide additional context to debate about whether there are benefits to initiating statin use in people who don’t already have high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease.
Miles Martin
• harvard
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~5 min
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~5 min
After decades of improvement, cardiovascular health rates on worrying path
Researchers, CDC report trend is stagnating — and for middle-aged, even declining.
Jacqueline Mitchell
• harvard
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min
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