A Couple Days After Surgery
A day or two after your surgery, you’ll start to move around more, increasing your activity and self-care as you’re able. You’ll sit...
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About My Non-Insulin Diabetes Medications
As a part of managing your diabetes, your doctor may have told you to take other diabetes medications in addition to insulin. As wit...
About Your Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED)
Welcome to MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute’s online education on cardiac implantable electronic devices. This series of educa...
About Your Defibrillator (MUMH)
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is used to treat a dangerously fast heart rhythm. It’s a small, round disk that f...
About Your Defibrillator (MWHC)
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is used to treat a dangerously fast heart rhythm. It’s a small, round disk that f...
About Your Loop Recorder
A loop recorder is exactly what it sounds like—it’s a device that records your heart rate and rhythms on a continuous loop. Your doc...
About Your Pacemaker (MUMH)
Your doctor has told you that you need pacemaker. What does this mean? The most common reason is for a slow heart rate. A slow heart...
About Your Pacemaker (MWHC)
Your doctor has told you that you need pacemaker. What does this mean? The most common reason is for a slow heart rate. A slow heart...
ACE Inhibitors
Ace inhibitors and angio receptor blockers, or ARBs, are medications that relax your blood vessels and help put less stress on your...
ACE Inhibitors
One of the most common medications people with CHF take is called an ACE inhibitor. ACE inhibitors are used to lower blood pressure....