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2. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   A heart attack requires immediate treatment to improve blood flow to your heart, relieve your symptoms, and prevent another heart attack. Some treatment options include: Some treatment options ...

3. Pharmacological cardiotoxicity - Wikipedia

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   Two distinct drug classes in which cardiotoxicity can occur are in anti-cancer and antiarrhythmic drugs. Anti-cancer drug classes that cause cardiotoxicity include anthracyclines, monoclonal antibodies, and antimetabolites. This form generally manifests as a progressive form of heart failure, but can also manifest as an harmful arrhythmia. [2]

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   In some cases, medications used to treat other medical conditions have been shown to cause heart disease and cardiovascular events like heart failure. These drugs include anthracyclines (a drug ...

5. Management of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Sleep apnea is an under-recognized risk factor for heart failure. Uncontrolled sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart failure by up to 140%. [4] Weight reduction – through physical activity and dietary modification, as obesity is a risk factor for heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy. Effective weight management has been shown ...

6. Cardiovascular agents - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular agents are drugs used to treat diseases associated with the heart or blood vessels. These medications are available for purchase only with a physician’s prescription . They include, but are not limited to, drugs that target hypertension ( antihypertensives ), hyperlipidemia ( antihyperlipidemics ) and blood clotting (blood ...

7. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Breast cancer patients are at high risk of heart failure due to several factors. [55] After analyzing data from 26 studies (836,301 patients), the recent meta-analysis found that breast cancer survivors demonstrated a higher risk heart failure within first ten years after diagnosis (hazard ratio = 1.21; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.33). [56]

8. Digoxin - Wikipedia

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   Digoxin (better known as Digitalis), sold under the brand name Lanoxin among others, is a medication used to treat various heart conditions. [4] Most frequently it is used for atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and heart failure. [4] Digoxin is one of the oldest medications used in the field of cardiology.

9. Trastuzumab - Wikipedia

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   Increased risk of heart failure (RR = 5.11) and decline in left ventricular ejection fraction (relative risk RR = 1.83) were seen in these trials as well. [38] Two trials involving shorter term treatment with trastuzumab did not differ in efficacy from longer trials, but produced less cardiac toxicity. [38]