A heart attack ensues when the blood supply to the heart is substantially diminished or obstructed. Typically, the obstruction is due to an accumulation of fat, cholesterol, and other particles in the coronary arteries. Plaques are fatty, cholesterol-containing deposits. The act of plaque accumulation is referred
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A group of diseases affecting your blood vessels and heart is collectively known as cardiovascular disease. These diseases can affect single or multiple parts of your blood vessels and heart. A patient suffering from this disease can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. In other words, the patient
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Warning signs of depression are often missed by most people who are already suffering from heart disease. Depression and heart disease go hand in hand. In fact, according to the American Heart Association, one in every ten people aged 18 years and above suffer from depression.
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There are endless reasons to avoid taking care of our hearts. A busy lifestyle, endless love with fried food, sedentary lifestyle and working from home with the desk and chair. While a lot of these reasons are valid, the trick lies in not letting these reasons
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Post-surgical care is utmost important in Open heart surgery. Hence it becomes extremely crucial for patients and their family members to educate themselves regarding the recovery process. They must be aware of what to expect in the coming days or months ahead for that matter. Not
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Structural heart intervention is not a new field in the percutaneous cardiac intervention. Interventions like balloon mitral valvoplasty, balloon atrial valvoplasty, atrial septal or ventricular septal defect closure and similar procedures for valves and congenital defects are a routine affair at cardiac centres. But what this
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Are you also stuck in the fishing net of dieting just to get a slimmer waist? But, think carefully, is it really worth all the hassle you undergo to keep yourself slim? Does it really make you thinner or is it just reaping all the essential
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Does your lifestyle include very less or no exercise? Do your keep a check on your fast foods intake and the total trans-fat that goes along with it inside your system? If your answer is no then let me ask you one more question. Do you
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Both Aortic valve repair and aortic valve replacement are methods that treat diseases afflicting the aortic valve. The aortic valve is one of the four valves that control blood flow through the heart. It helps maintain blood flowing in the right direction through the heart. Moreover,
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According to the reports from China, most of the COVID-19 patients (about 80%) will show flu-like symptoms, including fever, dry cough, and body aches that can be manageable at home. 20% will catch further serious symptoms, such as pneumonia needing hospitalization, with about a quarter of
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