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Stat! Cardiologist Blogs
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18
Aug
Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is an uncomfortable sensation or awful feeling between your chest and pelvis region in which a person feels like a knot ...
28
Mar
Abductor Hallucis (AH): Origin, Function, and Pain
The abductor hallucis (AH) is the most superficial muscle in the medial compartment of the first layer of the foot's sole. An AH muscle...
25
Jan
Abilify Sleep Disorders
An individual facing trouble staying asleep has an insomnia problem that can cause serious health problems. To treat the Abilify Sleep ...
14
Oct
Additional Primary Care Providers (PCP) in Schaumburg and Naperville / Lisle
Yuting Wang ("Tina) is a board certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and recei...
01
Nov
Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA)
Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) is a non-surgical procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited condition in which your he...
11
Oct
Anemia
Anemia is a disorder caused by the absence of a sufficient amount of red blood cells, which aid in transporting oxygen to the tissues. ...
01
Nov
Aneurysm
An aneurysm is a balloon-like weakness or expansion in an artery. Large blood vessels transport oxygenated blood from the heart to vari...
18
Aug
Angiography: Purpose, Types, and Procedure
The process ‘angiogram’ refers to an imaging test that needs X-rays to view the blood vessels within your body. The X-rays obtained dur...
26
Sep
Anticoagulants
Anticoagulants are medicines that thin the blood and prevent blood from clotting. They also help to break the blood clot present in the...
11
Apr
Anxiety: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More
Anxiety is a category of mental disorders that leads to overthinking, fear and restlessness. It is a feeling of afraid, fear, and disco...
01
Nov
Aortic Valve: Disease, Symptoms, Treatment.
The aortic valve, located between the left ventricle and the aorta, is one of the four valves that govern the one-way blood flow in the...
29
Aug
Arm pain in heart attack
A heart attack is a severe condition in which a portion of the heart stops functioning and its blood supply gets blocked suddenly. Main...
09
Jun
Arrhythmias: Types, Symptoms, Causes and Diagnosis
An irregular heartbeat appears when the electrical signals that control/coordinate the heartbeats don’t work correctly. Heart arrhythmi...
01
Apr
Arthritis: Types, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
The term "arthritis" refers to a joints disease that is most commonly occurs when your joints become inflamed or degenerate (breakdown)...
26
Sep
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the buildup of lipids, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls. The accumulation is known as pl...
29
Mar
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation happens when abnormal electrical impulses suddenly start firing in the atria. These impulses override the heart's n...
15
Mar
Back Pain & Physical Therapy Exercises
The sedentary lifestyle of an individual can lead to various uncomfortable and enervating physical problems. Similarly, back pain is on...
15
Mar
Back Strengthening Exercises
According to Healthline Association, it is quite alarming that around 75 to 80 percent of adults across the globe are currently sufferi...
26
Sep
Barlow’s syndrome
Barlow’s syndrome is a common type of heart valve disease in which the valve between the left heart chambers cannot close appropriately...
25
Jan
Benefits and Types of Physical Therapy
Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is a treatment used to help people recover from injuries, surgery, and other related phy...
10
Oct
Bleeding disorder: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Bleeding disorder refer to the problem of the body usually clotting blood. Coagulation (also called clotting) transforms blood from a l...
10
Oct
Blood in Stool
Suppose you are in your toilet and see blood in stool; this will be an alarming situation for you. Bleeding in stool leads to serious h...
15
Mar
BPPV and its therapy ‘Epley Maneuver’
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a type of benign vertigo that occurs when a specific body part is inverted. Rather than ...
07
Jul
Can stress cause migraine?
Yes! Stress is a leading cause of migraine. It is a feeling in which we cannot cope with our mental pressure. Many different situations...
31
Aug
Cardiac ablation for Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is a rapid and irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can form blood clots in the heart. It enhances the risk factor...
02
Mar
Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance
Cardiac Rhythm disturbances are abnormal and irregular heartbeats, also known as heart rhythm disturbance or Arrhythmias. Cardiac Rhyth...
26
Sep
Cardiac syndrome X
Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is defined by anginal chest discomfort, either conventional or atypical, without any indication of substantial...
10
Aug
Cardiologist
A cardiologist can be described as a specialist doctor who has a specialization in a blood vessel and heart ailments. They are able to ...
05
Oct
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine
A technique known as cardiopulmonary bypass involves temporarily replacing the heart and lungs with a machine during surgery to keeps t...
06
Oct
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
A Cardiothoracic Surgeon is a medical doctor who specializes in surgical procedures for the heart, esophagus, lungs, and other chest or...
23
Mar
Cardiovascular Screening Visit
According to an AHA, every year more than 17 million people die due to heart diseases. Cardiovascular diseases do not develop overnight...
01
Nov
Carotid Artery Disease
The carotid artery is a crucial part of the circulatory system, responsible for supplying oxygen-rich blood to tissues and organs in th...
19
Aug
Carvedilol
Carvedilol is a medicine used to prevent angina, stroke, and heart diseases. It is also used for high blood pressure. Carvedilol is a b...
04
Aug
Causes of Chronic Migraine
sick headache/Chronic Migraine is a severe headache/pain in one side of the head. A pulsing sensation has occurred in it. Some people f...
23
Mar
Chest Wall Anatomy
Like other organs chest has a protective structure that protects the organs like the heart, lungs, liver, etc. This wall-type structure...
07
Jul
Cholesterol /Lipids Checkup
A Lipids checkup panel or lipid profile test is used to measure the level of cholesterol and other required or excessive fats in the hu...
27
Jul
Congenital Heart Defects: Types, Symptoms, Consultation
Heart malformations are congenital heart defects that causes problems with the heart's structure. These defects is present at birth whi...
22
Jun
Congenital Heart Disease: Symptoms, Causes, & Diagnosis
Congenital heart disease is a common term used for many birth defects (congenital disabilities) that affect regular heart functioning.
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22
Dec
Congenital Heart Disease: Symptoms, Causes, & Diagnosis
Congenital heart disease is a common term used for many birth defects (congenital disabilities) that affect regular heart functioning.
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28
Mar
Coracobrachialis Muscle Structure, Function & Treatment
The coracobrachialis muscle is a long, slender muscle found in the anterior compartment of the arm. As its name implies, it goes from t...
10
Dec
Coronary CT Angiography(CCTA)
CT angiography, also known as Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA), and CT refers to (computed tomography)Â is a form of imaging that examine...
10
Oct
Coronary Vasospasm: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Coronary artery spasms (Coronary Vasospasm) are also called vasospastic angina or prinzmetal angina. In this condition, a segment of th...
03
Oct
CT Scan Heart (Coronary CTA)
A CT Scan Heart is generally referred to as computed tomography. While in the case of heart, a CTA is performed which is known as a com...
06
Oct
CT-SCAN – Virtual Colonoscopy
CT-SCAN – Virtual Colonoscopy, also known as CT colonoscopy, highlights the irregularities in an individual's colon and rectum located ...
03
Oct
CT-Scan Lungs
A CT (computed tomography) SCAN is referred to as a cat scan that is normally conducted to diagnose illnesses through computerized imag...
06
Oct
Defibrillator Checkup
When a patient experiences an irregular heartbeat caused by arrhythmia, doctors use several tests to evaluate the heart's health and ex...
29
Aug
Degenerative disc disease: Symptoms, Causes, and Diagnosis
Degenerative disc disease is not a condition when the disc inside the vertebrae breaks down or deteriorates and causes pain. The spine ...
11
Apr
Dementia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and More
Dementia is not only a single disease or disorder; it’s a broad term like language, problem-solving, memory loss, and other thinking ab...
01
Jun
Depression: Treatments, Causes and Symptoms
Depression is a significant and common medical illness (major depressive disorder) that negatively affects your health, especially how ...
07
Jul
Diabetes
Diabetes is a stable, long-lasting, chronic health condition. It is a metabolic disorder that causes high blood sugar. With it, our bod...
16
Feb
Do you have these feeling of the waist?
Muscle acid feeling
Pain
Numb
Stiffness
If you have these symptoms:
Your waist is beginning to have a lesion!
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12
Aug
Dr. Liping Zhong Family Practice Acquisition
Dr. Zhong's family care (formerly persona medical) has been acquired by Stat Cardiologist.
Learn More:
Libertyville Family Practi...
18
Oct
Ebstein’s Anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is congenital heart disease (present at birth). In this condition, the blood in the heart flows backward through the ...
29
Aug
Endovenous Ablation
Endovenous Ablation is a procedure in which the doctor uses heat to damage and cease varicose veins. Varicose veins are dilated, bulgin...
04
Mar
Esophageal Motility Disorder (EMD)
The esophagus is a hollow and muscular tube approximately 25 cm in length, that acts as a conduit to deliver food and other edibles fro...
07
Oct
Esophageal Spasms
An esophageal spasms is a painful contraction in the esophagus muscles (the tube connecting the mouth and stomach). If it occurs occasi...
07
Jul
Eye Infection
If the region around your eye is extremely irritating, you certainly suffer from an eye infection. Bacteria and fungi are the most comm...
13
Oct
Fever: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Fever refers to a high body temperature.A region of your brain that controls temperature is known as the hypothalamus. Whenever there i...
28
Mar
Flexor Hallucis Brevis
The flexor hallucis brevis is a very small intrinsic foot muscle that is found deep within the medial portion of the sole. Sometimes if...
01
Apr
Foot Pain: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
The foot is one of the extremely complicated parts of the body. It consists of 26 bones linked by joints, muscles, tendons, and ligamen...
26
Sep
Hardening of the Arteries
Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from your heart throughout your body. Atherosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of the...
14
Mar
Heart and Ambulatory Monitoring
Ambulatory monitoring is the assessment method used to evaluate the patient having cardiac arrhythmia or conduction abnormality symptom...
02
Jun
Heart Murmurs: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
A heart murmur is a congenital disorder (present from birth) and appears later in life. A sound is produced during a heart murmur due t...
26
Sep
Heart Muscle Disease
Heart Muscle Disease is a progressive disease in which the heart becomes thick, stiff, and enlarged. The heart muscles become weak and ...
15
Jun
Heart Rhythm Problems | Palpitation | Arrhythmias
An irregular heartbeat appears when the electrical signals that control/coordinate the heartbeats don’t work correctly. Heart arrhythmi...
19
Aug
Heart Strengthening
Heart disease is claimed as the foremost cause of death worldwide. There are a variety of factors causing heart diseases that lead to p...
07
Oct
Heart Valve: Repair or Replacement
In general, it's preferable to repair Heart valves while preserving a patient's heart tissue. When the tissue is severely damaged, a va...
29
Mar
How can I improve my Cholesterol Level?
Studies highlighted the noticeable fact that excess of cholesterol levels and other fatty deposits in artery walls could cause heart an...
29
Mar
How can I reduce High Blood Pressure?
Precautionary measures and early treatment can help you reduce the potential risk of stroke, heart disease (heart attack or heart failu...
18
May
How to prevent yourself from Heart Attacks
Heart attacks are a major cause of mortality in the United States.  In both men and women, cardiac arrest is the number one cause of de...
18
May
How to reduce Chest Pain
Reducing Chest Pain depends on the cause of the Chest Pain.If you are having pain from GERD, then a medication called PPI (proton pump ...
29
Aug
Hypertensive heart disease
Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) is a disorder that grows in individuals having increasing and uncontrolled blood pressure for a long t...
29
Mar
Immigration Medical Exam Vaccines
The medical examination is considered an essential step of the immigration procedure required for all seeking immigration. According to...
07
Oct
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a device utilized for medical purposes. An ICD is surgically put under the skin on ...
11
Apr
Importance of Pre Surgical Clearance
Over three million surgeries are performed every year throughout the world. It is common practice for doctors to perform a pre surgical...
01
Nov
Incontinence
Incontinence is the deficiency of voluntary control over urination. The urinary system consists of kidneys, bladder, ureters, and ureth...
19
Aug
Indication of Pacemaker
A pacemaker is an electronic device inserted in an individual's chest to control the heartbeat. It is also known as a cardiac pacing de...
18
Aug
Indications for ICD(Implantable Cardioverter- defibrillator)
ICD stands for Implantable Cardioverter- defibrillator. It is a particular device used to treat dysrhythmias and ventricular tachyarrhy...
05
Oct
Insertion of a Ventricular assist device
IntroductionÂ
The ventricular assist device (VAD) helps to pump blood through the lower chambers of a person’s heart to the other part...
01
Nov
Insomnia
Insomnia is a condition in which a person suffers sleeplessness, trouble sleeping, or staying asleep. It can be long-term (chronic) or ...
21
Apr
Joint Pain: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Joints are the points where two or more bones connect to allow mobility except for the lingual bone in the throat. A joint is also know...
31
Mar
Knee problems
Knee pain is the most common pain encountered by all ages, whether a child, an adult, or an older person. However, normal knee pain is ...
10
Feb
Latest American immigration Policies
President Joe Biden reversed the immigration policies introduced by the Trump administration and came up with the new American Immigrat...
08
Dec
Levothyroxine | Dosages | Side Effects | Oral Use
Levothyroxine was first introduced in 1927 as an oral and injectable medication to treat thyroid hormone deficiency. It is a drug appro...
07
Jul
Liver Disease: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Stages of Liver Disease
Causes and types of liver disease vary with the progression of the disease. Liver disease is generally broken ...
15
Mar
Lobectomy Lung Surgery
Lobectomy Lung Surgery is a surgical procedure to remove the entire lobe of your lung due to lung cancer diagnosis, infection, COPD, or...
18
Oct
Lobectomy Surgery
When the lungs get any sort of infection or illness, including tumors or cancer, it requires lobectomy surgery to remove a lobe of the ...
14
Mar
Lower Back Pain (lumbago): Causes, Symptoms, and Cure
Various injuries, conditions, or diseases can contribute to lumbago from which muscles or tendons can be injured. Depending on the caus...
06
Oct
Lung Cancer Screening
Lung Cancer Screening is performed when the symptoms of lung cancer are not visible to diagnose. This screening is conducted to diagnos...
19
Aug
Lung Cancer: Types, Symptoms, Causes, and diagnosis
Lungs are two spongy organs inside the chest that bring oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from our bodies. Lung cancer is t...
14
Mar
Lungs: Intro, Diseases, Causes and Symptoms
Lungs are considered as an essential body part that carries fresh oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon dioxide and other waste ga...
15
Mar
LVAD Heart Pump vs Pacemaker
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).is a life-saving, battery-operated device that is used in heart patients who are at the end-stage...
14
Mar
Migraine vs Headache
In migraine, an individual may experience severe throbbing or pulsing pain on one side of the head. This condition is often accompanied...
27
Feb
Mitral Valve Disease Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
The mitral valve located between the left heart chambers; left atrium and the left ventricle. This valve has two leaflets that allow th...
18
Oct
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) is a heart disease that affects the valve allocated between the left heart chambers. The leaflets (flaps) o...
07
Jul
Muscle Pain: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
You may be experiencing muscle pain for a variety of causes. This discomfort may go away on its own after a few days, but if it does no...
01
Nov
Myocarditis
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and myocardium. These muscle contracts and relax to maintain the blood flow in the enti...
10
Dec
Nuclear Cardiology | Types of Nuclear Imaging
Nuclear Cardiology is nuclear cardiac imaging used to determine the adequacy of blood flow to the heart muscle during stress versus res...
01
Nov
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that leads an individual to recount an unwanted obsession or thought, compul...
31
Mar
Occipital Muscle (OM): Origin, Function, and Pain
An occipitalis muscle is located on the back of the skull, also known as the 'occipital belly.' Some anatomists consider the frontalis ...
25
Jan
Pacemaker, Defibrillator and Loop Recorders
Patients suffering from certain heart rhythm disorders and heart failure may benefit from cardiac implantable electronic devices, such ...
26
Sep
Palpitation of Heart
Palpitation of the heart is a feeling of a fast and irregular heartbeat. It causes the sensation of racing and pounding in the heart th...
19
Dec
Palpitation of Heart
Palpitation of the heart is a feeling of a fast and irregular heartbeat. It causes the sensation of racing and pounding in the heart th...
10
Oct
Panic Attack: symptoms, causes, and diagnosis
A panic attack is a frequent episode of acute anxiety that causes severe physical reactions of fear and danger. Panic attacks may be sc...
26
Aug
Pectoral muscle pain
Four pectoral muscles are present in the form of pairs on either side of the chest. Two pectoral muscles are present in each pair; the ...
18
Oct
Pericardial Tamponade
Pericardial Tamponade is a medical emergency that can be fatal if not treated immediately. It is also known as Cardiac TamponadeIt is t...
18
Aug
Pericarditis: Types, Symptoms, Causes, and Diagnosis
Pericarditis is an irritation and swelling in the pericardium, a sac-like, thin tissue that surrounds the heart's outer surface. The pe...
03
Nov
Peripheral Artery Diseases: Symptoms and Treatment
Peripheral Artery Diseases is one of the occlusive atherosclerotic lesions. This condition causes blockage or narrowing of the blood ve...
05
Oct
Peripheral Neuropathy
The peripheral nervous system is that part of your nervous system located outside the brain and spinal cord and sends the information f...
10
Feb
Physical Therapy: How can it help?
Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is a treatment used to help people recover from injuries, surgery, and other related phy...
11
Aug
Pre-travel Consultation
A pre-travel consultation is a medical appointment scheduled for an individual who intends to leave for holidays or work-related travel...
31
Mar
Pronator Quadratus
The Pronator quadratus is a thin, short, flat, square-shaped muscle present in the anterior compartment of the forearm that acts to pro...
29
Mar
Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)
Pulmonary Hypertension an unusual lung disease that occurs when the arteries become narrow and tough which carries blood from the heart...
31
Aug
Pulmonic stenosis: Symptoms, Causes, and Diagnosis
The pulmonary valve controls the blood flow from the heart's right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. Pulmonic stenosis is when the pul...
18
Apr
Renal Failure: Types, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
In medical terminology, renal refers to the kidney, and renal failure is a kidney failure.A kidney consists of two bean-shaped organs, ...
01
Apr
Rhomboid Major: Anatomy, Function, and Dysfunction
The rhomboid muscles comprise a large group of muscles located at the backside of your upper body. The rhomboids play an essential role...
15
Mar
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs)
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are conditions of an individual that is usually acquired/passed from one person to another through...
08
Apr
Shoulder Pain: Causes, symptoms, treatments
The shoulder has a very significant and vital role in our routine activities. It looks like a ball-and-socket joint that comprises thre...
13
Oct
Sickle Cell Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder that affects hemoglobin (the molecule in red blood cells that give or deliv...
03
Oct
Silent Heart Attack
Silent heart attack refers to a heart attack that sometimes appears with no symptoms, slight or unrecognized symptoms. It is also named...
18
Oct
Silent Ischemia and Ischemic Heart Disease
Ischemia is a condition in which blood flow is restricted or reduced in a particular body part. Whereas silent ischemia refers to ische...
29
Jun
Sleep Apnea: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Sleep apnea is one of the most likely sleep disorders in which breathing frequently stops and then begins again. People who tend to sno...
04
Apr
Sleep Disorders: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
The most common clinical difficulties encountered in medicine and psychiatry are sleep disorders. The asleep disease is characterized b...
19
Apr
Sore Throat: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Sore throat is a viral infection that causes severe pain, irritation, and stretchiness in the throat. The throat becomes swollen, and a...
13
Apr
Spider Vein Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Small, damaged veins known as spider veins commonly appear on the legs and face. Usually, they are not painful or harmful, but they may...
05
Oct
Spinal stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a painful condition most likely encountered by older adults 50 and older. In spinal stenosis, the spine, which compr...
03
Oct
Splenius Capitis Muscle
In the human body, the head and the Splenius Capitis Muscle of the neck work together to extend (tilt backward) and rotate the neck and...
03
Oct
Splenius Cervicis
Splenius Cervicis is one of the muscles located in your neck to support body movements. It is linked to the back muscle that is paired ...
27
Jun
Stent Consultation Treatment
A stent is a tiny tube made of metal or plastic used to expand the narrow arteries or strengthen the weak arteries. The primary use of ...
03
Oct
Sternocleidomastoid Pain
Neck tenderness and headaches can be caused by sternocleidomastoid pain. People with sternocleidomastoid pain may notice trigger points...