Dr. Deepak Srivastava of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease speaks about the genetics of heart disease.

Long qt syndrome is a rare congenital heart disease. Learn more about long qt syndrome by watching this video.

Andrew D. Blaufox, MD Pediatric Electrophysiology speaks on long qt syndrome.

Vitamin D plays an major role in the prevention of heart disease.

End stage heart disease is and advanced form of heart disease. The patient is very sick and can perform only limited activities. It is a chronic condition. The person may have suffered many heart attacks and have most probably undergone surgical intervention. 

Diet is an important factor in the development of ischemic heart disease. To reduce the risk of heart attacks, one should take low fat food will less cholesterol. Regular exercise is also very important in its prevention. About 30 minutes of aerobic exercise atleast 5 days of the week is recommended. 

The treatment options include open heart surgery techniques such as coronary bypass surgery. There is also minimally invasive bypass surgery, which can be performed without the use of heart lung machine. The bypass surgery can help correct the ischemia for upto 15 years. After the above said time period, there is a higher chance of recurrence of ishcemic events.

Heart transplant is done for paitents with end stage heart disese. The problem may not be corrected with other treatment modalities.

Tracy Wang, MD, MS from the Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; speaks on the diagnosis of Ischemic heart disease