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Born and Bred in Queens , NYC
Went to MIT undergrad for 3 years and then left to go to Mount Sinai Medical School.
In practice of cardiology for 34
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Cardiology
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mark Sternanswered
Cardiology 48 years experience
Bad circulation: Arterial narrowing in the legs plus hypertension.
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No: No it may raise the level too high.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
1 to 2 in 1000 die: Quoted mortality is 1 or 2 in 1000.
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Poor blood flow: When arteries are narrowed, not enough oxygen gets to the tissue.
This is worse when exercising a muscle ( or heart muscle), becuause its oxygen requ... Read More
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It depends: I need more specifics about your left ventricular function , and whether the a.Fib is paroxysmal or not.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
My daughter's boy friend found out he has an enlarged heart is this something he should worry about?
Dr. Mark Sternanswered
Cardiology 48 years experience
It depends: It depends how much it is enlarged and in what way. For example many athletes have heart enlargement. He should ask his doctor about it.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Angioplasty: Percutaneous tranluminal coronary angioplasty. Through the skin they place a catheter with a balloon and pass it up yo a narrowed portion of a coro... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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No: No, doubling your BP meds may lower your blood pressure too much and make you dizzy or even make you faint; don't do it !
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Slow heart rate: It's just a slow heart rate causing a low pulse.
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Low blood pressure: If the blood pressure is low in CHF , Dopamine is better at raising it.
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Scarring: Scarring due to rheumatic heart disease due to infection with certain subtypes of group a beta hemolytic streptococcus.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Does normal ekg & stress test rule out heart issue? enlarged heart in xray, edema, no breath, sweats
Dr. Mark Sternanswered
Cardiology 48 years experience
No: No, those tests are not good at picking up valve problems , or heart muscle weakness. An echocardiogram may be a useful addition.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Both need sugar: Both muscles and the brain need sugar to work well.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Diagnose and fix: The angiogram is a roadmap of the inside of the artery showing where the narrowings and blockages are. The angioplasty is a stretching of the artery a... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Throw it out: Don't ever use old nitro; it won't work and you'll end up going to the emergency room.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Heart attack, stroke: It can lead to arterial blockages which can lead to heart attacks, strokes and death.
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Sometimes: There is a gene that makes the tendency to get it more likely, but most a fib is due to environmental and aquired factors such as age, valvular heart ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 48 years experience
No: No, only on an echocardiogram.
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No: No it just looks at heart muscles uptake of a radioactive substance, which is correlated with blood flow to the heart.
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No limit but....: No specific limit , but each subsequent one is more risky.
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11: In twenty minutes they taught a sixth grade class to do it. Once you turn it on, it talks to you and tells you what to do next.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Yes: Yes severe anemia can cause high output failure.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Cholesterol types: High density lipoprotein ( hdl) is also refered to as " good cholesterol" represents the cholesterol being carried away from the cells ( in the garbeg... Read More
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Takes away cholester: It carries cholesterol away from the cells to be processed and removed from circulation, if cholesterol is garbage, then HDL represents the garbage t... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Pain, stress: Pain can raise blood pressure, so can stress.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
It dilates them: It temporarily dilates them.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
No: No Lotrel (amlodipine and benazepril) cannot be taken during pregnancy.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
None: Negative 1 to 2 pounds.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
It is just a detour : It is a short circuit or detour for flow of blood or other fluid either natural or artificial.
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YES !!!!: Yes it is an important addressable risk factor.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Not always: A "silent heart attack" is one that occurs without any symptoms that are recognized by the patient who is having it.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Not at all: It can't see narrowed or blocked coronary arteries or electrical shortcuts or arhythmias.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Could be: It could be serious; take her to a neurologist.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Yes if kldney fail: If concomitant kidney failure , then dialysis will get rid of fluid overload symptoms.
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It can: It can if it is low enough or if there is already some cerebrovascular disease.
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Rheumaic fever: Usually repeated strep infections as a child lead to rheumatic fever which can scar the heart and make the valve thickened and hard to open.
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Not necessarily: A Q wave on an EKG can have many causes including lead placement or even the position of the heart in the chest and only if there are multiple ones i... Read More
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Cardiology 48 years experience
Yes: Yes, a good quality echocardiogram can show the ejection fraction.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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None, but...: Early 90 's occur, but late 90's (or 100s) are rare.
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Technical: They are frequently used interchangeably now, but there is a rare type of heart failure that is not congestive , but is high output caused by other th... Read More
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Cardiology 48 years experience
No: Not it's not a good test for that.
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Generic and brand: Tambocor (flecainide) is the brand name for Flecainide , which is the generic.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Yes, a good quality echocardiogram can show how the heart muscle is contracting and even give an estimate of the ejection fraction.
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No: No, the tendency for it is present at birth, so it may have a genetic or womb cause. There is even a correlation with certain finger print patterns. F... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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No: No , there is no proof that this works
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Cardiology 48 years experience
CABG 1-2 % mortality: For coronary artery bypass surgery generally in the 1-2% mortality range; for valve replacement 4-5%, higher in re-do surgery.
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Weak heart post preg: Weak heart muscle after pregnancy, cause unknown.
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Shock synchronized: The electric shock is synchronized to the heart beat to avoid shocking at the wrong time in the cycle which could make problems worse.
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Yes, but not heart: Maybe musculoskeletal pain, but not heart pain.
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Shortness of breath: Shortness of breath, dyspnea on exertion, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, pedal edema, pulmonary edema.
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Sep 7, 2013
Very smart. Gives easy-to-understand answers. Very dedicated. Has helped so many.
Highly recommend.
Mar 19, 2017
I enjoy reading Dr. Stern's answers. The knowledge is clear and the caring shines thru.
Jun 6, 2017
Provides insightful answers here on Healthtap and I've enjoyed interacting with him.
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Thank you Dr.Stern, your kind advice has been most appreciated. This condition, tho not serious, has troubled me for awhile now. But you have given me some options I wasn't aware of. I'm so glad this ...Read More
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Graduated 1975MD
Residency
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER
Awards
FACC, FACP
Top Cardiologist , First Place, East Long Island, NY - Winter
2013
Top Cardiologist , Third Place, East Long Island Region - Summer
2014
Affiliations
North Shore University Hospital
Saint Francis Hospital
Hofstra Medical School
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