Patients in cardiac arrest at the hospital are more likely to survive and go home if they receive prolonged CPR, according to a new study. Today’s front page of The New York Times quotes Stephen Green, MD, associate chairman of cardiology for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, on the Lancet study, which challenges conventional medical… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Heart Health
LIJ and North Shore Rank Tops for Heart Surgery in New York
LIJ Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital rank among the best for cardiac care, according to the New York State Department of Health. In a new report on adult cardiac surgery (covering 2007-09), LIJ was one of only four hospitals in New York State–and the only hospital on Long Island–with risk-adjusted mortality rates that… Read more »
Heart Health: What Is Target Heart Rate?
Heart Health: What Is Target Heart Rate? Exercise is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but how do you know if you are doing it properly in order to get the best result? In “Heart Health: What is Target Heart Rate?” Viviana Gebruers, a senior exercise physiologist at North Shore-LIJ’s Southside Hospital, explains… Read more »
More Treatments, Better Outcomes for Kids Born with Heart Disease
The single most common form of birth defect, congenital heart disease affects nearly one out of every 100 babies born in the United States. Yet our ability to detect and characterize congenital (present at birth) heart disease has improved remarkably over the last 50 years. Now, doctors can get precise information about the nature and… Read more »
Women, Know Your Heart Disease Risk!
Suzanne Steinbaum, DO If you’re a woman, heart disease is your greatest health threat so knowing your risk is essential. How you live can have serious consequences. For instance, atherosclerosis (plaque in the arteries) builds up when there is damage to the lining of the arteries, frequently due to lifestyle. But high blood pressure, high… Read more »
Women’s Heart Attack Symptoms May Surprise You
Stacey Rosen, MD Think heart health is a “men’s problem”? Guess again. In fact, more American women die from heart attacks (also called myocardial infarction or MI) than men every year. Almost everyone knows that severe chest pain, shortness of breath and light-headedness can signify an MI. While many women experience heart attacks this way,… Read more »
Tobacco Worsens Heart Disease
If you are a tobacco user and have heart disease or an irregular heartbeat, high cholesterol or high blood pressure, there are some things you need to know. Smoking causes many health problems for everyone who does it, but some of the most significant damage is to the heart and blood vessels. • Heart disease… Read more »