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- Purushotham Kotha, M.D., FACC
- 5555 Reservoir Drive Suite 309
- San Diego, California 92120
- Tel: (619)229 1995
- Fax: (619)229 1109
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Health Education Index
Browse topics alphabetically:
A
- Advanced Directives
- Aggrenox (aspirin and dipyridamole)
- Alcoholism and Alcohol Use
- Altace (ramipril)
- Anemia
- Anemia: Iron Deficiency
- Aneurysm: Aortic (AA)
- Aneurysm: Peripheral
- Angina (Chest Pain)
- Angiography: Coronary (Heart)
- Angioplasty (PCTA)
- Aspirin
- Atacand (candesartan)
- Atacand Plus (candesartan and hydrochlorothiazide)
- Atenolol (Tenormin)
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Avalide (irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide)
B
- Bacterial Endocarditis (Infectious Endocarditis)
- Blood Tests
- Blood Transfusion
- Bradycardia (Slow Heartbeat)
C
- Caduet (amlodipine/atorvastatin)
- Captopril (Captoten)
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardioversion
- Cardura (doxazocin)
- Caregiving a Parent with Heart Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Catheter Ablation
- CBC: Complete Blood Count
- Chemistry Panel
- Cholesterol Level (Lipoprotein Panel)
- Clinical Research - Cardiology
- Coma & Persistent Vegetative State
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Coreg (carvedilol)
- Corgard (nadolol)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Coronary Calcium Scan
- Coronary Microvascular Disease
- Coumadin (Warfarin)
- Crestor (rosuvastatin)
- CRP: High Sensitivity C-reactive Protein
- CT Scan: Cardiac
- CT Scan: Chest
D
- Diabetes and Heart Disease
- Diabetes: Oral Medications
- Diabetes: Type 1 Basics
- Diabetes: Type 2 Basics
- Digoxin (Digitek, Lanoxin)
- Diltiazem (Cardizem, Tiazac)
- Diovan (valsartan)
- Disopyramide (Norpace)
- Diuril (chlorothiazide)
E
- Echocardiography (ECHO)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)
- Electrophysiology (EP Study)
- Enalapril (Vasotec)
F
H
- Heart Arrhythmia
- Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
- Heart Block
- Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
- Heart Health
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Surgery
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Valve Disease
- Heart: How it Works
- Heparin
- High Blood Cholesterol Basics
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Basics
- Holter Monitor and Event Monitors
- Homocysteine
- Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril HCT)
I
- Implantable Cardioverter Defribrillator (ICD)
- Infections
- INR - International Normalized Ratio
- Iron: Ferrous Sulfate
K
L
- Lexxel (enalapril and felodipine)
- Lipitor (atorvastatin)
- Lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil)
- Long QT Syndrome
- Lotensin HCT (benazepril and HCT)
- Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Lung Ventilation/Perfusion Scan
- Lungs: How They Work
M
- Marfan Syndrome
- Medication Rebates
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Metoprolol (Toprol, Lopressor)
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- MRI Scan: Chest
- MRI: Cardiac
N
O
P
- Pacemaker
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Plavix (clopidogrel)
- Plendil (felodipine)
- Pneumonia
- Pravastatin (Pravachol)
- Propranolol (Inderal)
- Pulmonary Embolism
R
S
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Smoking Cessation
- Spironolactone (Aldactone)
- Statins for High Cholesterol
- Stents
- Stress Testing
- Stroke Basics
- Stroke Prevention
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Stroke: In Children
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
- Sular (nisoldipine)
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
T
- Tachycardia (Fast Heartbeat)
- Tamiflu (oseltamivir)
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Thoracentesis
- TIA - Transient Ischemic Attack
- Tikosyn (dofetilide)
- Tilt Table Test (HUT, Head Up Tilt)
- Trental (pentoxifylline)
- Troponin
U
V
- Vaccine: Influenza (H1N1 Flu Vaccine)
- Vaccine: Influenza (Seasonal Flu Vaccine)
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Verapamil (Calan, Covera, Verelan)
- Vytorin (ezetimibe and simvastatin)