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Heart health, explained clearly.
Understand your results, prepare for appointments and make sense of research. Articles name their sources and explain their limits.
Follow with RSSWhen your medicine label and an app catalog look different
Why an app catalog entry may not match your medicine label, what to record exactly, and which questions to take to your pharmacist.
Questions to ask after a heart-health test result
Prepare three questions about a heart-health test result and record the clinician's follow-up plan. Includes a free blank question sheet.
How to organise heart-health reports from different clinics
Make a clear index of heart-health reports, keep dates and sources visible, and track missing copies before an appointment. Includes a printable template.
Your medication list before a heart-health appointment
Build a clear medication list for your heart-health appointment, with a printable checklist and useful questions for your doctor or pharmacist.
Lp(a): the inherited heart risk a routine cholesterol test can miss
Understand lipoprotein(a), why its units matter, what a high result means, and how to prepare for a useful prevention conversation.
ApoB versus LDL cholesterol: when counting particles adds useful information
Why ApoB and LDL-C can disagree, who may benefit from an ApoB test, and what a large study does and does not tell us.
Coronary calcium scans: when they help, and what a score of zero cannot prove
A practical guide to CAC scans, their risks and limits, and how to decide whether a result would change your prevention plan.
Familial hypercholesterolemia: when high cholesterol is a family issue
Recognise clues to inherited high LDL cholesterol, understand family screening, and learn why early detection matters without self-diagnosing.
Muscle symptoms while taking a statin: a review plan that takes pain seriously
What blinded trials show about statin muscle symptoms, when to seek urgent help, and how to prepare for a safe medication review.
Your smartwatch flagged possible AF: what to save and what to do next
A watch alert is a clue, not a diagnosis. Learn how ECG confirmation works and why blood thinners require an individual clinical decision.
Palpitations: give your clinician a timeline, not just a heart-rate screenshot
A practical symptom diary, how clinicians choose heart monitors, and the warning signs that mean you should not wait to record more data.
High in the clinic, normal at home? Understanding white-coat and masked blood pressure
Why clinic and home readings can disagree, what 24-hour monitoring adds, and why diagnostic thresholds are not personal treatment targets.
Sleep apnea and your heart: what CPAP can help, and what it cannot promise
Recognise sleep apnea symptoms, understand the evidence for CPAP, and separate better sleep from unproven promises of heart-attack prevention.
The kidney tests that belong in a heart-health conversation: eGFR and urine ACR
Understand the blood and urine tests used to assess kidney health, why trends matter, and how kidney findings can change cardiovascular care.
Diabetes medicines beyond blood sugar: understanding heart and kidney benefits
Why SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 medicines may be discussed for organ protection, how to read the evidence, and what safety questions to ask.
Menopause and heart health: a practical midlife check-in, without scare stories
What changes around menopause, which cardiovascular checks are useful, and why symptom treatment and heart-disease prevention are different decisions.
After preeclampsia: the heart-health follow-up that should not end at delivery
Why pregnancy complications matter in later cardiovascular care, what records to keep, and which postpartum symptoms need immediate attention.
Cardiac rehabilitation: more than exercise after a heart event
What a cardiac rehabilitation programme includes, what trials show, and how to ask for a referral or a practical home-based option.
Heat, heart disease and medicines: make a hot-weather plan before you need it
Practical heat safety for Qatar and other hot climates, including medication review, fluid restrictions and signs of heat stroke.
Ramadan with a heart condition: plan medicines, fluids and when to stop fasting
A respectful, evidence-based pre-Ramadan checklist for people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes or kidney problems, with Qatar-specific context.
A simpler home, clearer charts, and easier help in CardioTrack
Explore Simple and Detailed views, larger text, clearer charts, easier support, and the September medication-tracking improvements.
QRISK3 vs ASCVD vs SCORE2: which heart risk score actually applies to you?
Three published cardiovascular risk calculators give different answers for the same person. A doctor explains which one fits your country, age, and situation.
How to read your cholesterol panel: LDL, HDL, non-HDL and triglycerides explained
What each line of a standard lipid panel means, which numbers guidelines actually treat, and why non-HDL cholesterol is quietly the most useful row.
What the numbers on your ECG report mean: PR, QRS, QT and QTc
The printed row of numbers at the top of an ECG, rate, PR, QRS, QT/QTc and axes, decoded in plain language by a doctor, with the normal ranges.
Home blood pressure: how to measure it properly (and why most people do it wrong)
Cuff size, posture, timing, and the 7-day averaging method guidelines actually recommend for home blood pressure monitoring.