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Ejection fraction (EF) is a measure of how much blood leaves the heart with each heartbeat. Every heartbeat cycle has two parts: Contraction and relaxation. When the heart contracts, blood is ejected from two ventricles. During relaxation, the ventricles are filled with blood. No matter how forceful heart contractions get, they’re never strong enough to […]

Posted on July 10 2017

Cholesterol is a fat your body needs to function properly. Each one of our doctors is a cholesterol screening specialist that will help detect any signs early. Too much cholesterol can lead to: heart disease stroke atherosclerosis, a clogging or hardening of your arteries It’s important to see a cholesterol screening specialist to check on your cholesterol […]

Posted on May 25 2017

Pumping Blood With Congestive Heart Failure The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute defines congestive heart failure (sometimes known simply as heart failure) as the condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet a body’s needs. This means your heart is unable to pump blood the way it should. Either your heart […]

Posted on May 8 2017

Did you know that almost one in four people in the U.S. died of heart disease in 2008? Manhattan Cardiology’s goal in preventing heart attacks is to help drastically reduce that statistic through heart screenings and patient education.  Although we’ve made great strides in the fight against heart disease, it’s still the leading cause of […]

Posted on March 30 2017

Breathing Problems and Their Causes Breathing – it’s such an automatic process and a basic function that we usually don’t even think about it. But if we experience serious breathing problems, our lives can change in countless ways. We can suffer from fatigue and pain, our working lives may be affected, and we may need […]

Posted on February 24 2017

If you’re still feeling bad about everything that you consumed on Thanksgiving Day last week, we’d say that you definitely ate too much! If your goal is to restore or maintain a healthy heart, there are a variety of foods that can help to unclog arteries of plaque build-up, lower your blood pressure, and reduce […]

Posted on November 30 2016