With a smile as wide as the Cooper River, 82-year-old Clara Faye Fulton firmly held a sign saying she was the 500th patient at Trident Medical Center to have an […]
Cardiology
Carotid Artery Solutions: CVVC Takes The Lead
Coastal Vascular & Vein Center is proud to take the lead in offering a new, less invasive and less risky procedure to clear out carotid arteries. Known in the medical […]
From Giving Back to Getting Back – The Grace Shorter Story
When Grace Shorter and her husband moved from Virginia to the Lowcountry 16 years ago, Grace had just retired from a career in banking and knew she would still need […]
Your Heart’s in Good Hands
Nationally-Ranked Heart Care at Trident Medical Center For 30 years, Dottie Blatchford, RN, has had a front-row seat to Trident Medical Center’s heart program. What she sees today as the […]
Heart Transplant for Renown Pianist
Paul Cardall is an 11-time Billboard-topping pianist with millions of fans in more than 160 countries around the world. He’s also a medical miracle, born with half a functioning heart […]
Wearable Heart Monitors Track Heart Rate
In the past, getting your heart rate checked for arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat required a trip to the doctor’s office and spending time hooked up to an EKG machine. But […]
Don’t Die of Doubt: Know the signs of Heart Attack and Stroke
By Jennifer Harrison With a pandemic on the rise, there is a concern that people are embracing fear and ignoring early signs of a heart attack or stroke. “We want […]
Spot a Stroke
Check your risk of a heart attack or stroke by visiting ccccalculator.ccctracker.com.
Detecting Heart Disease
Know the Risk Factors and Practice Heart Healthy Habits By Colin McCandless The numbers for heart disease are staggering. It’s the leading cause of death both for women and men […]
Atrial Fibrillation Technology
By John Torsiello Electrophysiologist Darren Sidney, M.D., with Charleston Heart Specialists, became South Carolina’s first physician to implant a next-generation device to reduce the risk of stroke for patients with […]
Lowcountry Heart Walk: Why We Walk
As the regional market president of Synovus Bank, Tyre Moore, who is also a father and dedicated family man, leads an active lifestyle, one that includes exercise on a regular […]
Alzheimer’s and Heart Disease – The Head and the Heart
In the literary sense, the head and the heart are often figuratively disconnected. But in the biological sense, there is increasing evidence of a significant link between Alzheimer’s and heart […]