Life After a Heart Attack or PTCA or CABG
Heart attack or a Cardiac procedure like PTCA (angioplasty or stenting) or CABG (Bypass surgery) with or without heart attack is a serious and major event in any body’s life. Though it is possible for the majority to go back to their routine life within 2 weeks after heart attack or PTCA and within 4 […]
Diet in Patients on Blood thinners
Some patients are on blood thinners for their medical conditions like DVT, Pulmonary embolism, Post Valve replacement, to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) etc. Anti-platelet drugs like aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor and cilostazole do not come in to this category of blood thinners and they don’t need any specific […]
RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic heart disease are complications of throat infection caused by a bacterium called ‘Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus‘(GABHS). Though they are rare in developed countries, in INDIA it is still a major health problem among children and young adults affecting 1 to 5 per 1000 school children. Rheumatic fever (RF): RF usually […]
CHOLESTEROL AND HEART DISEASE – PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
Cholesterol is waxy, fat-like substance found in the walls of cells in all parts of the body. The body also uses cholesterol to make hormones, bile acids, vitamin D, and other substances.Cholesterol comes from diet and also the body makes the cholesterol needed. As Cholesterol is not water-soluble, it circulates in the bloodstream in packages […]
ACUTE CHEST PAIN AND ANGINA
Acute chest pain is caused by various conditions. Of them, only 15% to 25% have chest pain due to heart attacks (Acute coronary syndromes). Few others have other life-threatening conditions like acute aortic dissection (tear in the wall of the major blood vessel) or pulmonary embolism (Blockage of blood vessels supplying the lung by blood […]