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It’s been recommended that you undergo a nuclear stress test and you’re, understandably, a little apprehensive about the process. Despite the ominous name, rest assured that this diagnostic tool is long on answers and short on discomfort. To give you a better idea, the team here at South Shore Cardiovascular...

There are scores of physical attributes and behavioral dispositions that run in families, alongside many health conditions, and not all of them are good. From minor issues like bunions to far more serious ones like heart disease, your family can influence your health in different ways. Considering that heart disease...

While you may already know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States, did you know that heart disease isn’t one condition? Of the different types of heart disease, coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common, affecting about 20.5...

Each year in the United States, more than 600,000 coronary stents are placed to help prevent the life-threatening complications that come from blocked arteries. Not only are these complications life-threatening, they’re all too common — nearly 930,000 Americans die due to cardiovascular disease, and artery diseases lead the charge. The...

As you look forward to ringing in a new year, it’s a good time to take stock of your life and make some improvements. When it comes to your wellness, focusing on your cardiovascular health should be at the top of your list of priorities. Not to put too fine...

You get up quickly and the world starts to spin and you feel lightheaded and unsteady on your feet. Or, you experience bouts of dizziness out of the blue. While there are many conditions that can lead to dizziness, this symptom can be a sign of an issue with your...

Sixty to 100 beats per minute, 100,000 beats per day, 35 million beats per year — to call your heart hard-working is an understatement. Under ideal circumstances, we want your heart to keep a steady rhythm through all of these heartbeats. When it doesn’t, you have what we call an...

There’s no way to discuss the benefits of getting your blood pressure numbers within healthy ranges without understanding the alternative, which is serious. High blood pressure affects nearly half the adult population in the United States — and it’s also a condition that contributed to nearly 700,000 deaths in 2021 alone....

Heart palpitations can be associated with everything from drinking a cup of coffee to a heart attack. So, determining whether heart palpitations are a cause for concern can be tricky, to say the least. Given our area of expertise — cardiovascular health — the team here South Shore Cardiovascular Associates...

Many people assume that serious and life-threatening events like heart attacks simply strike without warning. The signs were often there all along, but they just weren’t discovered. As heart health experts, our team’s primary goal for patients of South Shore Cardiovascular Associates is to stay one step ahead of heart...

If you’ve been diagnosed with an arrhythmia, this means that your heart beats too quickly or erratically. Up to 5% of the general population has an irregular heartbeat, and the severity of the condition can range from minor to needing intervention. If your arrhythmia can benefit from intervention, a cardioversion may be...

We want to start this blog with two important statistics about heart health in the United States. First, nearly half of adults in our country — about 48% — have cardiovascular disease. Second, about 80% of cardiovascular disease is preventable. Our heart health experts here at South Shore Cardiovascular Associates...

You run up a few flights of steps and you’re gasping for air when you get to the top. This is a perfectly normal circumstance in which you can experience shortness of breath. But what if you feel this shortness of breath if you just walk from one room to...

We’re going to start off by answering the question we posed in the title: Yes, you can have high blood pressure and not know it. In fact, high blood pressure, or hypertension, is often referred to as a silent killer, because there are rarely signs of the disease until a...

You’ve been told that your heart isn’t keeping a steady rhythm, and that the best way to remedy the problem is with a pacemaker. Up to three million people in the United States are living with a pacemaker, and most have found that, while there are some adjustments to make,...

Your heart functions at a wide range of speeds, slowly when you’re resting and faster during exercise or excitement. When your pulse quickens as you’re sitting still, though, it can be a strange experience. It’s called arrhythmia, and it can be fairly common. In many cases, it’s a harmless event. ...