Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and the Heart: Why It’s So Often Missed
Sleep apnoea is one of the most under-diagnosed conditions, and one of the most treatable. Here is what to look for and why it matters for your heart.
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Why You Need More Pillows to Sleep: Breathlessness Lying Flat
Needing extra pillows to sleep comfortably is not a trivial habit, it is one of cardiology’s most specific symptoms of elevated cardiac filling pressure. Here is what it means.
Morning Headaches and Your Heart: The Sleep Apnoea Connection
Waking with a dull headache that clears within an hour is a recognised symptom of sleep apnoea, a condition that is dramatically under-diagnosed and carries significant cardiovascular consequences.
Recovering After a Coronary Angiogram: What to Expect
Most people are home within hours of a coronary angiogram, but knowing what to expect from the TR band, the results conversation, and the days after makes a real difference.
Second-Degree Heart Block: What the Finding Means
Second-degree AV block means most signals reach the lower chambers of the heart and the occasional one does not. Some causes are entirely benign. Here is what the finding describes and what usually happens next.
Cholesterol After Menopause: What Changes and When
Cholesterol is usually described as drifting up slowly with age. For women through menopause that is wrong in an important way, and one number on the panel can move in the wrong direction while appearing not to move at all.
When Blood Pressure Won’t Come Down: What Happens Next
Blood pressure that stays high despite three or more medications has a name, and in most cases an explanation. What clinicians check first, why spironolactone is usually the fourth medicine added, and how narrow the role of renal denervation really is.
Beta-Blockers: Uses, Side Effects, and Precautions
Beta-blockers calm the heart by blocking adrenaline, and they treat far more than blood pressure. Here is what yours is doing, the side effects worth knowing about including vivid dreams, and why you must never stop one suddenly.
Demystifying Heart Failure: HFrEF, HFpEF and HFimpEF Explained
Being told you have heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction can be confusing. Here is what ejection fraction means and why the distinction matters for treatment.