There are more than 25 lakh patients in India who suffer from Rheumatic Heart Disease. And the number of patients affected by this life-threatening heart disease seems to be growing with every year passing. What starts as rheumatic fever when not adequately treated inflames the valves and results in Rheumatic Heart Disease which causes long […]
Medicine is an intricate and delicate practice; medical professionals have years of practice in the field which allows them to perform the surgery successfully. Cardiologists and interventional cardiologists work under the same niche in medicine focusing on the cardiovascular system in our body and the organ heart in particular. Interventional cardiologists have more years of […]
Diseases can be scary- and if they revolve around the heart and lungs, the scary points go up exponentially. Even though the procedure of heart transplantation in India is common these days, the thought of going for it sends a shiver down our spines. A treatable medical condition, pulmonary edema is one where there is fluid buildup […]
There is no denying that any surgery is a difficult process for the human body to endure. Being externally cut into and restructured or fixed is not easy to bounce back from. That is why postoperative patient care is really important for the body to rest and recover after any long or difficult surgery. In […]
Heart surgery is one of the most common surgeries that an adult undergoes nowadays. The most common type is open heart surgery and it may be done to perform a CABG on people with coronary heart disease. Other reasons for an open heart surgery Open heart surgery can also be performed on: Patients who need […]
A ventricular septal defect is a common congenital heart defect in which a hole on the wall of lower chambers causes inefficient blood flow making heart work harder, overtime leading to congestive heart failure. A small hole in the heart usually heals and closes on its own, the complications ensue when the hole is larger […]
Every surgery comes with its own post-surgery effects and risks, and low blood pressure is the most common among them. If any of your kin are about to have surgery and you want to make yourself aware of this common risk, then this blog is for you. Here we help you understand the basics of […]
It has been a long established fact that the heart diseases and mental health of a patient are closely related to each other. The growing body of research on the nexus between heart diseases and mental health conditions further has shed a focus light on this dangerous connection giving more information on the causes, risk […]
As the human body is primed to absorb maximum nutrients after an extended fasting session in the night, breakfast becomes the most important meal of the day. And since everyone has got more time and control over preparing nutritious breakfast than any other meal in the day it becomes the best bang for buck meal […]
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women accounting for almost half of all deaths in women above age 50 (menopause). The relation between the menopause and the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases has been studied for a long time now and empirical evidence by cardiovascular specialists around the world suggest that the […]
