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Dec, 2021
Nagpur: It was after a normal day filled with thrilling experiences for a 55-year-old secret service cop from Yavatmal that he started feeling a pain in the chest. The family consulted a local physician who gave them basic medications…
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Feb, 2021
We often hear about a heart attack or Myocardial Infarction (MI), but we don't have accurate & technical information about that and so do many patients may lose their lives. Our heart is a muscle pump that continuously pumps blood to the whole body. The blood supply to the heart consists of three blood vessels (one at the right and two on the left side) called the coronary artery. A…
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Jun, 2020
Eating the Right foods for a healthy heart will only show its benefits if consumed at the right time. An average human being consumes food for 16-17 hours a day. Our intestines need to ‘sleep’. If we continue eating,…
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Jun, 2020
Passive smoke is the combination of smoke from a burning cigarette and smoke exhaled by a smoker. There are two types of passive smoke; side stream smoke comes directly from the burning tobacco product, and mainstream smoke is the smoke that the smoker inhales. The smoke that burns off the end of a cigarette or cigar actually contains more harmful substances than the smoke inhaled by the smoker, as there…
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Jan, 2020
Heart valve surgery fixes a damaged or faulty heart valve. There are two main types of heart valve surgeries: valve repair and valve replacement. Double valve surgery is a surgery where two valves are involved. Sometimes a faulty valve can be repaired by cutting…
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Nov, 2019
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) primarily occurs, due to decreased blood flow to the limbs caused by a blocked artery. This can result in arm fatigue, pain, and weakness, particularly with use. Peripheral Artery Disease is most commonly associated with the legs and feet, although it does include conditions caused by the blockage of blood flow in the blood vessels of both the arms and hands. A 65-year-old patient, who was…
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29
Nov, 2019
Wockhardt shares a successful story of Vivian Mulenga, her journey at Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai central Cardiac care centre during the course of her treatment. She was suffering from complicated heart condition and underwent an aortic valve repair surgery. My…
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29
Nov, 2019
Myocardial Infarct (MI) or heart attack causes three major types of mechanical complications that mostly result in death of the patient, if not corrected in time surgically. One of the most major complications and increase in mortality occurs in ventricular septal rupture cases. A few years back, the mortality rate with surgical intervention to repair this was as high has 70-80% but it has now decreased to 50% or less…
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Nov, 2019
World Heart Day 2017 will be celebrated all over the world at Friday, on 29th of September. The World Heart Foundation organizes World Heart Day, an international campaign held on September 29 to inform people about cardiovascular diseases, which…
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