Search results for Heart Disease

21 - 30 of 244 results for "Heart Disease"

• Heart failure

  Find out about heart failure, including the symptoms and causes, how it's treated and how it can affect your life.

• Heart attack

  A heart attack happens when blood flow to your heart is blocked.

• High blood pressure

  Find out about high blood pressure, including how to find out if you have it, what causes it and what you can do to lower it.

• Why a coronary artery bypass graft is done

  Find out why a coronary artery bypass graft might be recommended to treat coronary heart disease.

• High cholesterol

  Find out what cholesterol is, what causes high cholesterol, why it's important to keep your cholesterol levels under control, and how to lower your cholesterol.

• Pulmonary hypertension - Causes

  Find out what causes pulmonary hypertension. There are a number of underlying conditions that can make the pressure inside the pulmonary arteries increase.

• Blood pressure test

  Find out why a blood pressure test is important, how it's done and what your blood pressure reading might mean.

• High cholesterol - Cholesterol levels

  Find out what cholesterol tests measure and what a healthy cholesterol level should be.

• Simvastatin

  NHS information about the medicine simvastatin, including what it's used for, who can take it, how to take it and side effects.

• Endocarditis

  Endocarditis is a rare but serious infection of the inner lining of your heart.