Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital heart disease which is characterized by an unusual arrangement of the pulmonary veins. Scimitar syndrome is also called as the pulmonary venolobar, Halasz’s syndrome, mirror-image lung syndrome, hypogenetic lung syndrome, epibronchial right pulmonary artery syndrome and venacava bronchovascular syndrome. It occurs more commonly in females when compared to males. …
Cholesterol is a lipid substance that is naturally produced by the liver as well as absorbed from the food we eat. But anything in excess has its own ill effects. When cholesterol level exceeds the normal level it can easily clog in the arteries leading to increased blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes as well.…
Ectopic heartbeat is associated with the abnormal electrical conduction or activity of the heart. It is a light variation in the heart beat and causes irregular pulse. The patient feels a thump or a flutter in the chest as if the heart missed a beat. Premature ectopic beat is the most common type of arrhythmia…
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 of a disease or an injury. Several researches have been conducted using stem cell treatment strategy targeting the heart diseases. A recent study proved that stem cell injections can help patients…