Heart 411

The guide to a healthy heart

by Marc Gillinov, M.D. and Steven Nissen, M.D.

Double Trouble: Depression and Heart Disease

Depression and heart disease frequently travel together. This common observation has generated the myth that depression is "normal" in the heart patient. Buying into this concept, many doctors ignore a heart patient's depression, focusing only on the cardiac problem. This is a mistake.

Two leading health problems Read More

Can You Really Die of a Broken Heart?

Shakespeare knew it. Seventeenth-century poet John Donne wrote about it. Country and Western stars sing about it. And anybody who has experienced the pain of deep loss or the joy of unconditional love has felt it. Read More

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Marc Gillinov, M.D., is a staff cardiac surgeon at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is the co-author of Heart 411.

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Steven Nissen, M.D., is the chairman of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He is the co-author of Heart 411.

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