Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor
Informed patients make better patients.
The Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor program was launched in September 2008 and formally retired in November 2017. Throughout the course of the program, members of the Texas Heart Institute professional staff answered questions submitted from people all over the world in an effort to provide a better understanding of cardiovascular diseases and health.
We appreciate all who have contacted Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor over the past 9 years with their questions concerning cardiovascular disease. If you have a specific question or concern, we invite you to search our extensive database of questions and answers.
Disclaimer and Terms of Use
Physician members of Texas Heart Institute's (THI) professional staff answered questions submitted to Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor to
provide the public with a better understanding of the prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In keeping with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, specific medical advice was not provided and THI urges everyone to visit a qualified physician for diagnosis and for answers to their individual questions.