Insecticides tied to heart disease deaths
According to the new study researchers from the University of lowa college of public health found that people who have been exposed to pyrethroid…
Daily Aspirin therapy prevents cardiovascular diseases
According to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, aspirin may benefit many patients without existing cardiovascular disease. Aspirin reduces the risk of…
Holter Monitor or Ambulatory Electrocardiography Device
A Holter monitor is a portable device capable of recording electrical activity related to the heart (as in the case of an ECG), and…
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, Diganosis and Treatment
Primary pulmonary hypertension is the condition in which the pressure in pulmonary arteries becomes abnormally elevated. It is a type of pulmonary hypertension. This…
Yoga And Heart Diseases
Heart is like any other muscle in our body, which works perpetually. Therefore, it needs to be used and then rested. Recent studies have…
Aortic Dissection: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
Aortic dissection is actually a tear in the aortic wall which leads to blood flow between the layers of the aortic wall and it…
What Is Myocarditis?
Myocarditis is a condition that affects the myocardium or the heart muscle, wherein the patient experiences an inflammation of the heart muscle. This manifests…
What Is Aortic Stenosis?
Aortic stenosis is a valvular heart disease caused by incomplete opening of the aortic valve. This obstruction of the outflow from the left ventricle…
Sinus Node Dysfunction
Sinus Node Dysfunction refers to the condition in which a patient experiences an abnormality in the heartbeat or experiences arrhythmias (irregular heart beats) due…
Medical Treatment For Atrial Fibrillation
Medical treatment for Atrial Fibrillation is varied and the deciding factors include the severity of the symptoms, their frequency of occurrence, history of heart…
Ablation Treatment For Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation is a peculiar condition affecting the heart, characterized by rapid and irregular heartbeats. These are commonly referred to as arrhythmias and Atrial…
What Is Atrioventricular Canal Defect?
Atrioventricular canal (AV canal) defect is a problem that exists from birth in which there appears some abnormalities in the heart. There develops a…
What Are Drug-Eluting Stents?
A drug-eluting stent is a type of stent applied in the case of diseased or narrowed coronary arteries, gradually releasing a drug to block…
What Is Minimal Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery?
Let us have a brief discussion on the procedure of minimal invasive mitral valve surgery. Firstly the patient’s cardiac monitoring is taken note of…
What Is Endoscopic Vein Harvesting?
Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) is a procedure wherein the vein is removed safely and in a less invasive fashion. This procedure uses a small…
What Is Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
Percutaneous coronary intervention is an interventional procedure, used to open up narrowed segments of coronary arteries in cases of Coronary artery disease (CAD). These…
Genetic Disorders Can Be The Culprits Of Unexpected Cardiac Deaths
Scientists have come to the conclusion that sudden deaths due to cardiac issues can be caused by genetic defects. This fact can be of…
Blood Oxygen Test Can Help Detect Congenital Heart Defects In Newborns
When we talk of congenital anomalies and birth defects, heart malformation are the most common amongst them and account to almost one of every…
What Is Scimitar Syndrome And What Are Its Complications?
Scimitar syndrome is also called as pulmonary venolobar syndrome. It is a rare condition with congenital etiology. This congenital cardiac disorder has an anomalous…
Open Heart Surgery Successfully Completed in The Smallest Baby
Elena, a premature baby who came out six weeks earlier had to undergo an open heart surgery in Birmingham Children’s Hospital that saved her…
Endoscopic Heart Valve Surgery Successful For Irish Woman
Our heart has four valves that let the blood in and also flow out of the heart. Heart valves malfunction either by not closing…
Hospitals Treating Heart Attacks Beating Deadline
A new study reveals the surprising turn of events in cardiology cases. Hospitals are treating patients coming with heart attack within 90 minutes of…
Performing Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Procedure In India
Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting is a safe and least invasive procedure. It uses video camera and endoscopes to monitor the removal of the vein harvest.…
Life Expectancy In Paediatric Heart Transplant
Today heart transplantation is not as uncommon as it was in the past. Besides, with development in science the success rates are even higher,…
Cardinal Symptoms Of Heart Diseases
Day by day people are getting increasingly aware about their health. People are investing time, and money both in their health. Most of the…
What Are The Complications With Heart Lung Machine?
During an open heart surgery or coronary artery bypass surgery, operating with a beating heart is difficult for the surgeon. In such procedures, CPB…
Judging Your Risk Of Cardiac Ailments
The age at which an average population is detected with heart diseases, is falling tremendously day by day. Blame this on the faulty lifestyle,…
Coronary Angiogram: Uses, Procedure and Risks
Studies reveal that chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of death in the world and their impact is steadily growing. Among them,…
Atrial Fibrillation: Causes, Symptoms And Diagnosis
Atrial fibrillation is the term used to describe a special case of the heart, beating with an irregular or abnormal rhythm. Irregularities in the…
Permanent Pacemaker and ICD Implantation
The natural pace maker or sinoatrial node, a specialized tissue in the heart’s right atrium helps to generate the electrical stimulus that regulates the…
What is Cardiac Syndrome X?
A patient is said to have Cardiac Syndrome X if he is suffering from chest pain associated with angina, even though there isn’t any…
Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
Heart is the muscular pump that supplies blood to each and every corner of the body and thus it provides oxygen to every tissue.…
DiGeorge Syndrome
Many a time we see people with facial features that seem to be deformed. Have we ever thought what must be the reason for…
Internal Cardiac Defibrillator
Internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) is a device that is inserted within the body. It is designed in a way to recognize certain types of…
Tomato Pill to Keep the Cardiologist Away
“A tomato a day keeps the cardiologist at bay”. This seems to be the new mantra in the treatment of high cholesterol. Conclusive to…
What is AVNRT?
AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) or atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia is a type of supraventricular tachycardia and one of the most common ones. This means…
What is Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)?
Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) are defined as the structural, functional or positional abnormality of the heart, in isolation or in combination present from birth,…
Salt Intake and Hypertension
Research indicates that the present sodium intake is the prime cause for the high incidence of hypertension among today’s population. Recommendations for low salt…
Evalve Mitraclip
The MitraClip is a device used to repair the faulty mitral valve so as to prevent or reduce mitral regurgitation.The clip was made and…
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR)
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR) is a new technology used for treatment of aortic valve disease. There are cases where the heart’s aortic valve…
Coronary Angiogram: Uses, Procedure and Risks
Studies reveal that chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of death in the world and their impact is steadily growing. Among them,…
What is a Thallium Scan?
Thallium or cardiolite scanning is a diagnostic technique that uses a radioactive isotope or a tracer to evaluate the amount of blood reaching different…
Brugada Syndrome:Symptoms,Diagnosis and Treatment
Brugada Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by heart rhythm abnormalities. Brugada syndrome if untreated can result in sudden death. The condition may…
What Is Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia?
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia is a type of cardiomyopathy, a disease that affects the heart muscle, the myocardium, causing abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmia.…
Renal Artery Stenosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is the condition where one or both the arteries starts narrowing thereby depriving the kidneys from blood supply. This is…
What is Beating Heart Surgery?
Beating Heart Surgery, as the term suggests, is the surgery performed on a beating heart, that is, without stopping it. Surgeons use a special…
What is Home Monitoring?
Heart patients, who are living with implanted devices and have to see their doctors often for regular checkups, have got a reason to relax…
Why Coronary and Non Coronary Circulations are Essential?
Heart is the muscular organ which is very much essential for human survival as it constantly pumps and supplies oxygenated blood to tissues and…
Viagra And Pulmonary Hypertension
Viagra is know for its positive effects against ED (erectile dysfunction). Now the drug is also being administered for pulmonary hypertension and has been…
Cardiac Stress Test
Heart supplies oxygen to all parts of the body and any defects in the heart affects the normal functioning of the whole body. Hence,…
Hemodynamic Monitoring and Implantation
Over the last few decades, heart failure and heart related disorders have been the major health concern across the globe. Heart failure is mainly…
Link Between Heart Disease and Depression
Many of us are unaware of the fact that there is a big relationship between heart disease and depression. Yes, studies reveal that depression…
Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications
Raynaud’s phenomenon is a medical condition which causes discoloration of the fingers, toes, and occasionly in other areas and it is brought about by…
What is Coronary Artery Bypass Graft?
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a surgical procedure done on patients with narrowing or occlusion of coronary artery, which supplies the cardiac musculature.…
Annual Flu Vaccination for Heart Healthy Life
The research presented during the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress suggests that influenza or flu vaccination not only protects from flu but also could decrease…
Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Who is at Risk?
Sudden Cardiac Death happens in people who are active and outwardly health with no known heart diseases or other health problems. But in the…
Marriage Helps To Increase Your Life Span After Heart Surgery
It has been found that married couples have a greater chance of living up to 15 years after one of them undergoes a coronary…
Cocaine and Myocardial Infarction
Approximately 2 decades ago, or more, some laboratory animals were experimented for the effect of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia with coronary vasoconstriction,…
Deep Vein Thrombosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications
Deep Vein Thrombosis is a medical condition which takes place when a blood clot forms in a deep vein. Deep vein thrombosis mostly develop…
Conn’s Syndrome
Conn syndrome is the overproduction of the hormone aldosterone by a tumor that contains tissue resembling that normally present in the overproduction(cortex) of the…
Does Race Matter for Heart Diseases?
The term ‘Race’ was once commonly used in physical anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and…
Long QT Syndrome (LQTS): Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare inborn heart disorder. LQTS causes a sudden uncontrollable heart rhythm called the arrhythmia which is very dangerous.…
What Is Infective Endocarditis?
Infective Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner lining of the chambers of the heart and the valves due to an infection. The inner…
Myxoma (Heart Tumour)
A Myxoma is an irregularly shaped jelly-like non-cancerous primary tumour. It is a rare heart disease that is usually found in the left atrium…
Cardiac Transplantation
Cardiac transplantation is the most widely accepted therapy for congestive heart failure at its final stage. It is mainly performed on patients who do…
Heart Defects in Children
Heart diseases like in elder people are common in children. In about a 1,000 children born, 8 of them are diagnosed with a heart…
What is Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)?
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome(HLHS) describes a spectrum of cardiac abnormalities characterized by marked underdevelopment of the left ventricle – the lower compartment of heart,…
How to Handle Myocardial Infarction?
Management of Myocardial infarction is a medical emergency. If you have symptoms of a heart attack seek immediate medical attention. Never try to drive…
Cardiac Assist Devices
Cardiac assist devices are a boon to patients with cardiac disorders. The various uses to which they are subjected to and the functioning of…
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a disease triggered by an atypical collection of granulomas, the inflammatory cells that are formed as nodules in the organs of the…
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or Broken Heart Syndrome
It is a type of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, a condition produced when myocardium, the heart muscle, weakens when there is inadequate oxygen supply. It is…
Dronedarone: Uses and Side Effects
Dronedarone is a medication used to treat two kinds of heart disorders: atrial fibrillation or the fast and irregular beating of the heart and…
Bare Metal Stents
Stents are small expandable wire like tubes that are meant to be inserted permanently into the artery during the angioplasty surgery. Angioplasty is a…
Smoking and Heart Diseases
A common misconception about cigarette smoking is that it causes breathing problems and lung cancer, but only few smokers realize that cigarette smoking is…
Beta Blockers: Uses and Side Effects
There are a number of definitions on Beta Blockers (also written as β Blockers). “Beta Blockers are a class of heart drugs that block…
Varicos Veins: Causes, Symtpoms and Treatment
Varicose veins are enlarged and tortuous veins, most commonly in leg but may be found elsewhere. There are two, superficial and deep, venous systems…
Stroke Unit
Stroke is a worldwide problem with high incidence, mortality, disability rates, and costs. A stroke (sometimes called a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)) is damage to…
Stem Cell Therapy and Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial infarction (heart attack) can occur as a result of diminished blood supply to the heart muscles. It can happen as a result of…
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is said to have occurred, when the large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and supplies to…
ACE Inhibitors
Angiontensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors or ACE inhibitors are a group of medicines that are said to have been historically developed from the venom of…
Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Heart and Lungs
Heart-lung machine or cardiopulmonary bypass is a technique which is used in open heart surgery ,which takes over the function of heart and lungs…
Dextrocardia: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
We all know that our heart is situated on the left side of our body, but have you ever heard of someone who has…
Pulmonary Stenosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Pulmonary Stenosis or Pulmonary valve stenosis is a condition wherein, there is a block in the blood flow from the heart at the valve…
What is Mitral Valve Replacement?
Mitral valve replacement refers to the surgical process of replacing the damaged mitral valve of the heart with either a mechanical or biological tissue…
What is Mitral Valve Repair?
Mitral valve repair, as the name suggests is the name given to surgical procedure for repairing the damaged mitral valve. It is performed in…
What Is Electrocardiogram (ECG)?
Electrocardiogram(ECG) is a tool that is used to measure and record the electrical activity of the heart. An Electrocardiogram is necessary to establish many…
Obesity and Heart Diseases
Obesity has become a modern life style problem and an epidemic of the era. Obesity is excessive body fat. To find out whether one’s…
What is Atherosclerosis?
Atherosclerosis is a condition involving thickening of the arterial vessel wall, due to build up of fatty material such as cholesterol. Here the fatty…
What is meant by Transposition Of Great Vessels(TGV)?
Transposition of Great vessels is a congenital heart disease, involving a spatial mal-arrangement of any of the major blood vessels of Superior and Inferior…
Mitral Valvuloplasty
Mitral Valvuloplasty also known as percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is the surgical process adopted to repair a damaged mitral valve. This technique is used in…
Carotid Stenosis Stenting
Carotid stenosis is a disease affecting the carotid artery causing the narrowing of lumen thus interrupting the blood flow thorough it. This may lead…
What is Bicuspid Aortic Valve?
Bicuspid aortic valves may be present in as many as 1-2% of the population. Because the bicuspid valve may be entirely silent during infancy,…
What is Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)?
Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disease. TOF is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease, 10-15 % of the total. Tetralogy…
Congenital Heart Diseases: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
A congenital heart defect (CHD) is seen in the structure of the heart and the great vessels of a new born. Mostly all the…
What is Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)?
Patent Ductus Arteriosus(PDA) is an Acyanotic congenital heart disease, with shunting of blood from left side of heart to the right side. In foetus…
Electrical Conduction System of the Heart
The normal electrical conduction in the heart allows the impulse that is generated by the sinoatrial node(SA node), situated in the walls of right…
What is Mitral Regurgitation: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Mitral Regurgitation also known as mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence is a disorder affecting the mitral valve of the heart. The cusps or flaps…
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms and Treatment
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a complex and common form of Heart disease that may be seen in 1 out of 500. It is a caused…
Mitral Stenosis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
The mitral valve is a two flapped valve which connects the two left chambers of the heart, the left atrium and the left ventricle…
What is Echocardiogram?
An Echocardiogram or also known as Ultra Sound is a non invasive, painless and risk free test to evaluate the valves and chambers of…
What is Cardiac Catheterization?
Cardiac Catheterization is a medical procedure where in a long, thin, flexible tube(Catheter) is inserted into a blood vessel in the arm, neck or…
Ventricular Septal Defect
Human heart is composed of four chambers(two atria and two ventricles) which are separated by walls between them. The presence of a defect in…
Economy Class Syndrome
Veins are blood vessels in our body which conduct blood from peripheral tissues in the body to heart. These vessels, unlike the arteries, lack…
Various Diseases of Aorta
Aorta is the great blood vessel, the largest in the body, which receives blood from the heart to circulate to different parts of the…
What is Heart Lung Machine?
Heart pumps blood oxygenated from the lungs to different tissues of body. The oxygen supplied through the blood is necessary for the proper growth…
What is Artificial Heart?
An artificial heart is a mechanical device that is implanted into the body to takeover the function of a failing heart. A synthetic replacement…
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy is a heart muscle related disease caused due to the insufficient supply of oxygen and blood. This can lead to Congestive Heart…
What is Mitral Valve Prolapse?
Mitral valve prolapse is a disease that affects the mitral valve of the heart. In it’s normal operation the mitral valve controls the flow…
Mitral Valve Disorders
The Mitral valve also known as the bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve is a heart valve which regulates the flow of blood between…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a condition of the heart in which a part of the myocardium or the muscle of the heart is enlarged without…
Atrial Septal Defect
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is also referred to as a hole in the heart. It is a type of congenital heart disease in which…
Beware – Ignoring artery blocks could be fatal
It is extremely important that any block encountered in the arteries should be removed immediately after a heart attack, as ignoring such blocks could…
Normal Cholesterol Level and its Importance
Cholesterol is a fatty, waxy substance that is naturally present in the cell membrane of the heart, muscles, intestine, liver, skin, brain and nerves.…
Life Expectancy in Paediatric Heart Transplant
Today heart transplantation is not as uncommon as it was in the past. Besides, with development in science the success rates are even higher,…
Ectopic Heart Beat – Types and Symptoms
An Ectopic Beat is an irregular heart beat that occurs due to variations in the electric conduction or impulse of the heart. It is…
Pain Killers and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Linked with Atrial Fibrillation
Patients who commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs and COX-2) are studied to be more prone to atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is irregular heart rhythm…
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW Syndrome)
WPW Syndrome stands for Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. It is also called as Ventricular pre-excitation with arrhythmia. WPW syndrome is the most common type of ventricular…
Dos and Don’ts with a Cardiac Pacemaker
A Cardiac Pacemaker is a device placed externally or internally to treat patients with irregular heartbeat. Naturally, the heart beats are controlled through electrical…
Transradial Coronary Angioplasty
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries.Usually the procedure is done via the transfemoral route.Though this route provides an…
Clopidogrel: Pros and Cons, Side Effects and Cost
Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet agent, effective in inhibiting thrombus formation in arteries. It is very efficient drug for unhindered arterial circulation, where anticoagulants have…
Diastolic Heart Failure
Diastolic heart failure is a form of a cardiac disease (heart failure) wherein the heart’s ventricles become too stiff which results in the blood…
Digitalis Medication
Digitalis is a drug that is derived from the foxglove plant. The effects of the plant extract on heart were first observed in the…
Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI)
Veins from all over the body pumps back blood to the heart. Chronic venous insufficiency is a medical condition where veins, mainly in the…
Carotid Artery Stenting
Carotid artery Stenting (CAS) is a non surgical catheter based procedure that is performed, in order to prevent stroke by opening the narrowed carotid…
Scimitar Syndrome
Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital heart disease which is characterized by an unusual arrangement of the pulmonary veins. Scimitar syndrome is also called…
Tips to reduce cholesterol without medicines
Cholesterol is a lipid substance that is naturally produced by the liver as well as absorbed from the food we eat. But anything in…
What is Premature Ectopic Beat and Supraventricular Ectopic Beat?
Ectopic heartbeat is associated with the abnormal electrical conduction or activity of the heart. It is a light variation in the heart beat and…
Stem Cell Injections- A ray of hope for patients with ‘Refractory’ Angina
Stem cell treatment involves introducing new cells into the damaged tissue that self-renews to generate and replace the diseased tissue and thus help treatment…
How Alcohol affects your heart?
Alcohol is a serious threat as far as the heart is concerned, especially it’s consumption in excessive quantities. If you are a chronic alcoholic…
What is Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)?
Coronary Artery Disease is the most common form of heart disease seen in the modern world. And as far as statistics are concerned it…
Causes and symptoms of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is a condition of the heart in which a departure from the normal functioning of the heart muscles is seen as a result…
Croydon man underwent the pioneering Heart Balloon Surgery
34 year Scott Rosser who is London’s Director of Charity Community Transport Association, went through the breakthrough heart surgery using a camera within a…
Hypothermia helps to reduce the neurological damages after cardiac arrest
A recent study says, cooling the cardiac arrest patients, is life saving, reducing the risks of probable neurological damage. Cooling treatment must be ensued…
How Hypertension affects your Heart?
Hypertension is a condition that is seen very commonly in a major part of the adults in the general population. The fast paced lifestyle…
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy or Biventricular Pacing
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy(CRT) also known as bi ventricular pacing is a breakthrough treatment for patients suffering from Congestive Heart Failure(CHF). For over 20 million…
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device
Cardiac Resynchronization Devices are built on the same principle as that of pacemakers. Pacemakers are basically used to relieve symptoms due to an excessively…
Double Outlet Right Ventricles (DORV)
DORV is a congenital (condition present at birth) heart defect that is found very rarely. In this condition both the pulmonary artery and the…
What is Tachycardia Induced Cardiomyopathy?
Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy or tachycardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart does not function properly due to an unusually fast rate of heart…
What is Constrictive Pericarditis?
The pericardium is a two-layered outer sac that encircles the heart. A thin film of fluid (about 50 ml) slightly separates the two layers…
Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle can double the risk of pulmonary embolism
A recent study conducted on a 69,950 female nurses for over a period of 18 years, by Dr Christopher Kabrhel and colleagues concluded that…
Increased life expectancy through management of chronic heart failure
Heart failure is a condition where heart will not be able to pump enough blood to different parts of the body causing symptoms like…
Brisk walking and jogging: to reap all the health benefits
Most of the doctors and fitness experts consider brisk walking and jogging are the best forms of cardiovascular or aerobic exercises. These are commonly…
Don’t let stress, lifestyle eat away your heart
In this modern world stress has become part and parcel of our daily life. Stress is experienced by the people of all age groups.…
What Is Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome And How Much Is Its Life Expectancy?
The Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS) is rare congenital disorder. Hypoplasia means underdevelopment of an organ. Thus Hypoplastic right heart syndrome is underdevelopment or…
Tricuspid Atresia – A Ventricular Septal Disorder
Tricuspid Atresia also known as Tri Atresia is a form of hereditary heart disorder where in the tricuspid heart valve is either not present or developed abnormally. In this…
Cardiac Nuclear Medicine
Cardiac nuclear medicine is a special branch of nuclear science that uses radioactive substance called as radionuclide in the diagnosis of various diseases and…
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
A Positron emission tomography or PET scan is a nuclear medicine imaging technique which can give a representative image of the metabolism and circulation…
Pollution and Heart Diseases
The water we drink and the air we inhale plays a lead role in our well being. But at present due to increase in…
Floppy Valve Syndrome
Floppy Valve Syndrome, also known as Mitral Valve Prolapse, or Barlow’s Syndrome, or Click-Murmur Syndrome, is a heart disorder in which the mitral valve…
Chemotherapy Assisted Cardiac Toxicity
Certain drugs used in Chemotherapy have serious side effects on the patient’s heart. These effects are collectively referred to as Cardiac Toxicity. As a…
What is Coarctation of Aorta(CoA)?
Coarctation of the aorta(CoA) is described as a congenital condition manifesting as a constricted aortic segment. The localized constriction may form a shelf like…
What are Ectopic Beats?
An Ectopic Beat or Cardiac ectopy is an irregular beat arising in the heart due to variations in the electrical conductance system of the…
Truncus Arteriosus: Symptoms, Surgical Process and Risks
Truncus arteriosus otherwise known as Persistent truncus arteriosus, is a kind of congenital heart disease that is not a frequent occurence. Here, the Truncus…
Batista Operation Procedure
The Batista Operation Procedure was developed by Brazilian surgeon Dr. Randas J. V. Batista, as a treatment for heart failure. Technically called as reduction…
Endocarditis Prophylaxis
Endocarditis is a cardiac condition caused by an infection of the inner lining of the heart. It is generally caused by a bacterium and…
What is Anticoagulation Therapy
Coagulation is the process by which a liquid changes to a semi-solid mass or a gel. When a cut occurs on our body with…
Oral Anticoagulation Therapy (Warfarin)
Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are a class of anticoagulants which, as their name indicates act by inhibiting the action of vitamin K, coumarins are…
Sleep Apnea: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder causing pauses in respiration during sleep, and each episode results in missing of one or more breaths, and…
Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome (HRHS): Causes,Symptoms And Treatment
The Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS) is a heart condition when the right hand side of the heart is less developed than the left…
What are Statins? What are their Uses and Side Effects?
Statins are a class of medicines used frequently to lower the blood cholesterol levels. The drug is able to block the action of a…
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair (E-Valve System)
Mitral Regurgitation is one of the most critical native valve diseases, growing globally. Patients with symptoms, or poor tolerance requires surgical mitral valve repair…
Tilt Table Test Procedure and it’s Benefits
A tilt-table test is meant to assess the heart rhythm of those patients who often undergo fainting spells. It is as simple, inexpensive, and…
Pulmonary Embolism: Symptoms, Risks, Diagnosis And Treatment
The term Embolism is derived from the Greek word embolos which means ‘stopper’ or ‘plug’. Embolism is a condition in which an object called…
Rheumatic Fever
What is Rheumatic Fever? Rheumatic fever is inflammation of the body’s organ systems, mainly joints, skin, brain and the heart.The fever mostly develops two…
Cor Pulmonale: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
Cor Pulmonale is a condition of the right ventricle of the heart whereby it experiences immense stresses during its procedure of pumping blood to…
What Is Restrictive Cardiomyopathy?
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy refers to heart disorders in which the walls of the heart tissue become stiff thereby inhibiting normal pumping of blood. It is…
Role Of Cardiac CT
The first attempts to view the heart was done in the 1970s using Computrised Tomography(CT).But since the heart was an organ in constant motion…
Calcium Channel Blockers: Uses, Common CCBs and Side Effects
In the sixties, drugs known as Calcium Antagonist Blockers or Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs) were introduced into cardiovascular medicine and have since become one…
Thyroid Function And Cardio Vascular Diseases
Thyroid is a small gland located in the neck. It modulates many vital functions of the body. The hormone the gland produces directly affects…
Stress And Cardiovascular Diseases
Stress levels in a person have a direct wallop on his cardiovascular system. It is a well known fact that stress and ability to…
Hormone Replacement Therapy And Cardio Vascular Diseases
There lies little scientific evidence about whether cardiovascular system of a person would be harmed or benefited after a Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). However…
Pericarditis: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
Human Heart is composed of three layers. The tough, outermost protective covering of the heart is known as Pericardium. Inflammation of the Pericardium is…
Watermelons To Help Avoid Heart-Attacks
A US-based study recently concluded that a daily dose of watermelon could help one stay protected against heart related diseases. Watermelon’s ability to keep…
Enzyme Links Diabetes And Heart Attack Deaths
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Iowa on mice showed that the increased risk of death with heart attacks in…
Heart Rhythm Disorder And Its Impact On Chronic Kidney Disease
Latest research shows that people suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with underlying Atrial Fibrillation (AF) are at the…
Physical Activity – Key For The Heart Health
We hear more and more about cardiovascular deaths these days irrespective of age and gender. Modern sedentary life style at work and also at…
Clogged Arteries Increase The Risk Of Stroke
A new research published online in Stroke, a journal of American Heart Association reveals that blocked arteries are one of the main factors that…
Egg White A Potential Hypertension Treatment
People who are health-conscious, who take the egg white alone avoiding yolk due to its high cholesterol and fat have another reason to rejoice…
Chocolate And Cardiovascular Diseases
Over 16.7 million deaths due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were recorded globally in 2002. Various studies have suggested that cardiovascular diseases may be preventable…
Thyroid Hormone Improved Heart Function After Heart Attack
According to a study published by researchers in the Journal of Translational Medicine, the administration of thyroid hormone treatment improved heart function by reducing…
Thyroid Hormone Improved Heart Function after Heart Attack
According to a study published by researchers in the Journal of Translational Medicine, the administration of thyroid hormone treatment improved heart function by reducing…
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension a Marker for Future Chronic Kidney Disease
A new research conducted by the China Medical University in Taiwan published in Canadian Medical Association Journal revealed that pregnant women who develop hypertension…
Say “No” To Stress And Depression Through Dancing
A recent study by Orebro University Hospital and Orebro University, Sweden, indicated that the teenage girls who attended dance sessions twice a week showed…