Heart Attack Prevention: Articles
Most heart attacks are predictable years in advance — if you measure the right markers. These articles cover advanced risk assessment, the tests standard checkups skip, and the root-cause strategies that prevent a first or recurrent event.
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92 articles on Heart Attack Prevention
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What Triggers Most Heart Attacks?
Read more →: What Triggers Most Heart Attacks?Heart Attack Prevention Most heart attacks are triggered by the rupture of vulnerable arterial plaque, not by severe blockages that gradually cut off blood flow. When an inflamed, unstable plaque ruptures, it exposes its contents to the bloodstream, triggering a blood clot that can completely block the artery within minutes. This is why many heart…
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What Heals The Heart Naturally?
Read more →: What Heals The Heart Naturally?Heart Attack Prevention The heart has a remarkable capacity for healing when given the right conditions. Natural healing occurs when the factors that damage the cardiovascular system are removed and the factors that support repair are optimized. This includes reducing inflammation, restoring metabolic health, improving endothelial function, and supporting the body’s innate regenerative processes. While…
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Sleep and Heart Health: Why Poor Sleep Is a Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Read more →: Sleep and Heart Health: Why Poor Sleep Is a Cardiovascular Risk FactorArrhythmiasHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHypertension Sleep and heart health are connected through mechanisms that are direct, measurable, and increasingly well-understood. Poor sleep is not just a risk factor — it is an active driver of cardiovascular disease, operating through the same biological pathways as smoking, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Yet sleep quality is rarely systematically evaluated in…
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Heart Health: Evidence, Dosing, and the REDUCE-IT Trial Explained
Read more →: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Heart Health: Evidence, Dosing, and the REDUCE-IT Trial ExplainedCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) Omega-3 fatty acids for heart health represent the most extensively studied cardiovascular supplement category — with a body of evidence spanning decades, multiple large randomized outcomes trials, and a prescription-only formulation approved by the FDA for cardiovascular risk reduction. EPA and DHA are not interchangeable wellness…
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Magnesium and Heart Health: The Most Overlooked Mineral in Cardiology
Read more →: Magnesium and Heart Health: The Most Overlooked Mineral in CardiologyArrhythmiasHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHypertension Magnesium and heart health have a relationship far more consequential than standard medical practice reflects. Magnesium is required for over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body — including every step of ATP synthesis, cardiac electrical conduction, and vascular smooth muscle relaxation. Deficiency is extraordinarily common, affects over half the US population…
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CoQ10 for Heart Health: Evidence, Dosing, and Why Every Statin User Needs It
Read more →: CoQ10 for Heart Health: Evidence, Dosing, and Why Every Statin User Needs ItCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) CoQ10 for heart health is one of the most evidence-backed supplement recommendations in integrative cardiology — and one of the most routinely overlooked in conventional practice. Coenzyme Q10 is not a fringe supplement. It is an essential mitochondrial cofactor, a potent fat-soluble antioxidant, and the compound…
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Metabolic Syndrome Treatment: The Integrative Approach That Addresses the Root Cause
Read more →: Metabolic Syndrome Treatment: The Integrative Approach That Addresses the Root CauseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a)HypertensionMetabolic Syndrome Metabolic syndrome treatment is one of the areas where integrative cardiology most clearly outperforms standard medical care. The five criteria — elevated waist circumference, high triglycerides, low HDL, elevated blood pressure, and elevated fasting glucose — are each individually treated with separate medications in conventional practice. Integrative…
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Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack Prevention, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol & Lp(a), HypertensionCardiac Diet Plan: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and the Evidence Behind Each Choice
Read more →: Cardiac Diet Plan: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and the Evidence Behind Each ChoiceCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a)Hypertension A cardiac diet plan is not a single rigid protocol — it is a way of eating that addresses the specific mechanisms driving cardiovascular disease in each patient. As an integrative cardiologist, Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M builds dietary protocols around what the patient’s…
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Red Yeast Rice for Cholesterol: Evidence, Safety, and How It Compares to Statins
Read more →: Red Yeast Rice for Cholesterol: Evidence, Safety, and How It Compares to StatinsCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) Red yeast rice for cholesterol has more clinical evidence behind it than almost any other natural supplement — because it contains monacolin K, a compound chemically identical to the prescription statin lovastatin. That makes it genuinely effective and genuinely requires the same informed approach as pharmaceutical…
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Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack Prevention, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol & Lp(a), HypertensionNattokinase Benefits for Heart Health: Blood Pressure, Clots, and Arterial Plaque — What the Evidence Shows
Read more →: Nattokinase Benefits for Heart Health: Blood Pressure, Clots, and Arterial Plaque — What the Evidence ShowsCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a)Hypertension Nattokinase benefits for cardiovascular health have attracted significant research attention — and for good reason. This enzyme, derived from the Japanese fermented soybean food natto, has demonstrated meaningful effects on blood clot dissolution, blood pressure reduction, and arterial plaque in clinical trials. As an integrative cardiologist,…
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Arrhythmias, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack Prevention, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol & Lp(a)How Genetics Affects Cardiovascular Health: What Your Family History Really Means
Read more →: How Genetics Affects Cardiovascular Health: What Your Family History Really MeansArrhythmiasCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) Genetics affects cardiovascular health in ways that range from absolute (some conditions are determined almost entirely by a single gene variant) to probabilistic (most common heart disease reflects the interaction of dozens of genetic variants with lifestyle and environment). As an integrative cardiologist, Dr. Regina Druz,…
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Is Weightlifting Good for Your Heart? What Cardiologists Know Now
Read more →: Is Weightlifting Good for Your Heart? What Cardiologists Know NowCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHypertensionMetabolic Syndrome Is weightlifting good for your heart? The evidence — much of it published in the last decade — is unambiguously yes, with important nuance about dose, intensity, and patient population. As an integrative cardiologist, Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M views resistance training as one of the…
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