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A stress test, in the world of cardiology, doesn't refer to how many responsibilities and frustrations you can handle at once—although that kind of stress can also affect your heart health. Instead, when your doctor suggests a stress test, they’re likely referring to an exercise stress test, which is done...
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, and many people don’t realize they’re at risk. As many as one in four people die due to heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular-related events each year. Since heart disease can exist without obvious symptoms, you may...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 12 million people in the United States are predicted to have atrial fibrillation (AFib) by 2030. AFib is a type of arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, and your risk of developing it increases with age. The experts at Maryland...
Between 1-3% of people age 65 and older have a venous leg ulcer. A venous leg ulcer is a wound on your leg, often caused by a small injury that you may not have even noticed when it happened. But the wound doesn’t heal as it should. Our physicians at...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than one in three Americans gets less than seven hours of sleep each night. Almost half of the adults in the United States have high blood pressure. The association between the two has been established for quite some time. Our expert providers at Maryland Cardiology Associates in...
An electrocardiogram is a test that measures the electrical activity in your heart. It’s sometimes called an EKG or an ECG. If hearing “electrical activity” and “heart” together seems scary—don’t worry. The test is simple and painless. At Maryland Cardiology Associates in Greenbelt, Maryland, our providers offer several diagnostic tests that provide important information...
Many different situations can make you feel like you can’t get enough air into your lungs, even things like low-level anxiety or speaking in front of a crowd. Almost everyone has had that feeling at one point or another in their lives, and usually it’s nothing to be concerned about. ...
Atrial fibrillation is often called AFib, and it’s a growing concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that more than 12 million people in the United States will have AFib by 2030. The expert providers at Maryland Cardiology Associates in Greenbelt, Maryland, know that a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation can be a surprise, but the...
If you take a walk and have an ache in your calf, you might not think anything is out of the ordinary, especially if you don’t walk regularly. It’s possible that your leg just hurts because you’re not used to walking. It’s also possible that your leg hurts for other,...
According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in adults in the United States, regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity. The exceptions are women from the Pacific Islands, and women of Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, or Hispanic descent. The reasons for the prevalence of this deadly...
At Maryland Cardiology Associates in Greenbelt, Maryland, our experts are concerned about your heart. We want you to live an active, healthy lifestyle that keeps your heart functioning as well as possible for as long as possible! Happily, there are some fairly straightforward things you can do to benefit your heart health. We share seven...
When you do strenuous exercise, you probably have heart palpitations. Have you ever woken suddenly from a nightmare, with your heart racing? That was a heart palpitation. The feeling of your heart skipping a beat is very common, and usually not problematic. But sometimes, heart palpitations are a good reason...
High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is often called the “silent killer” because it doesn’t produce any signs or symptoms. You may not even know you have high blood pressure until you have a physical exam, or it causes an actual health crisis. You should proactively check your blood...
A favorite pastime for many is looking up physical symptoms online to figure out if the internet can provide more insight than your physician. This is one of the great revolutions of the century because, in researching why you might have toe pain, you can narrow it down to things...
Growing up, you may have only heard about cholesterol in passing. Maybe you heard someone on the radio explain how you need to keep it low, or the businessman on TV announce to everyone he encountered that he lowered his cholesterol by eating a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast. But...
Ever heard of the expression “young and bulletproof”? As young people, we once believed that we were invincible, that no matter what we did to our bodies or what we put inside them, we would bounce back stronger than ever and in record time to do it all over again....