EDUCATION | Reno Heart Institute

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Jan 29, 20232 min read

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a type of arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat. It is caused by disorganized electrical signals in the...

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Jun 25, 20223 min read

Aortic Valve Stenosis - A Deadly but Treatable Condition!

Your heart has four valves that play an important role in directing blood flow through the heart, lungs and to your body. One of the...

Dr. Desai - RHI

Jun 25, 20222 min read

Common Sense to Longer Living

In an eight-year study of 6,200 men and women across the United States, a team of eight researchers, including the lead authors, from...

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Apr 23, 20223 min read

Hypertension

DEFINITION / STATISTICS In 2017, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published new guidelines for...

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Mar 17, 20221 min read

Valvular Heart Disease - The Basics

The heart consists of 4 valves. These 4 valves are one way valves helping blood move through the right heart, the lungs, the left heart...

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Oct 2, 20211 min read

Exercise – Get Up & Move

Aerobic Moderate aerobic or cardiovascular exercise is that gets the heart “pumping”. Examples include brisk walking, biking, dancing,...

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Sep 25, 20211 min read

Healthy Eating for Cardiac Health

There are so many different diets out there and trying to find the best one for you can be nauseating! Here are the 2 diets I feel have...