And sometimes even those who do their best to stay heart healthy can succumb to cardiac disease without warning.

Patients are being prescribed statins for life simply on the basis that they display characteristics that are indicators of the potential for future cardiac disease.

But omega oils have been sold with bigger promises, namely the prevention of cardiac disease.

Over the past 200 years, digitalis and its glycosides have been the mainstay of therapy in cardiac disease.

Until the results of prospective studies are available, patients with pre-existing cardiac disease should be closely monitored, particularly for cardiac arrhythmias.