Our heart has four valves that let the blood in and also flow out of the heart. Heart valves malfunction either by not closing properly and leaking or partially blocking the blood flow into the heart chambers. The blood can regurgitate back into the chamber when the valve is prolapsed and does not close right.…
A new study reveals the surprising turn of events in cardiology cases. Hospitals are treating patients coming with heart attack within 90 minutes of arrival. There are cases when the patient was attended to within 26 minutes and even 16 minutes. Heart attack or a cardiac arrest occurs when the blood supply to the heart…
Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting is a safe and least invasive procedure. It uses video camera and endoscopes to monitor the removal of the vein harvest. During a bypass surgery, the healthy blood vessel is used to bypass a blocked or a damaged artery. Today Endoscopic Vein Harvesting EVH is becoming increasing popular and is used during…
Today heart transplantation is not as uncommon as it was in the past. Besides, with development in science the success rates are even higher, as so is the post-op survival and life expectancy. Today one can estimate a survival over twenty years post a paediatric heart transplantation surgery. Besides, more than 70% of the cases…
Day by day people are getting increasingly aware about their health. People are investing time, and money both in their health. Most of the diseases can be avoided with a careful and aware lifestyle. Today cases of heart diseases top the list. Many reasons have been cited for the causes of increases in the rate…
During an open heart surgery or coronary artery bypass surgery, operating with a beating heart is difficult for the surgeon. In such procedures, CPB (Cardio pulmonary bypass) is used, which takes over the circulation of the blood as well as its oxygenation. It takes care of both the function of the heart as well as…
The age at which an average population is detected with heart diseases, is falling tremendously day by day. Blame this on the faulty lifestyle, stress, faulty food habits but the incidence and the average age group both are alarming. There are some factors that help you decide whether you are at risk of a heart…
Studies reveal that chronic diseases are by far the leading cause of death in the world and their impact is steadily growing. Among them, cardiovascular disease in people aged 35-64 is the leading cause. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is assuming large proportion in the population due to various factors like change of life styles, lack…
Atrial fibrillation is the term used to describe a special case of the heart, beating with an irregular or abnormal rhythm. Irregularities in the heart beat are generally termed as arrhythmia. It can refer to a situation in which the heart beats too slow, too fast or with an abnormal rhythm. Atrial Fibrillation is the…
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 heart beat frequency as they pass through the conduction pathway. If there is a defect in the sinoatrial node, it results in altered heart beat. If the heart beat is low…