Cardiovascular Diseases in Minnesota

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• New Cardio Monitor

  25 billion dollars. That's how much money is spent every year in the U.S. on patients with heart failure. Much of that money is used on hospital visits. Clinicians and researchers at Mayo Clinic are hoping to change that. They're testing a new device that can monitor patients at home in hopes of keeping them healthier and out of the hospital longer.

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  Resource: Congestive Heart Failure

• SCAD 2 Social Media as a Lifesaving Link

  The wealth of medical info on the Internet has become something of a double-edged scalpel. While hypochondriacs can quickly get in over their heads, a quick computer search brings millions the basics on almost any condition. And when that fails, Mayo researchers learned, social networking sites may be the place to begin unraveling medical mysteries. Here's Dennis Douda for Medical Edge.

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  Resource: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

• Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

  Don't worry — you're just tired and out of sorts after having your baby. But the chest pain experienced by the woman you're about to meet was much more than a difficult recovery. She had a heart attack when a rare and deadly condition stopped blood flow to her heart. The same thing happened to another woman. After sharing their stories on social networking sites, they found more women with the same problem. That's when they contacted Mayo Clinic to convince cardiologists to use the information they gathered on the Internet to research this condition.

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  Resource: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

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• Diagnosing Pulmonary Hypertension

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  Resource: Pulmonary Hypertension

• Medications for Heart Disease Prevention

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  Resource: Cardiovascular Diseases