Do You Need a Stress Test?
November 4, 2019
When I asked my new patient Steve why he came to see me, he answered, “I think I need a stress test.” It wasn't that Steve had any ...
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July 23, 2018“I should be taking aspirin, right?” Jeff, a 60-year-old patient, wants to make sure he’s doing everything he can to guard himself against ...
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R. Todd Hurst, MD, FACC, FASE
R. Todd Hurst, MD, FACC, FASE, is a board-certified cardiologist, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Health at Banner – University Medicine Heart Institute, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Arizona. He has written more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and regularly speaks nationally and internationally at medical meetings, primarily on the prevention of heart disease.