All About Heart And Blood Vessels

What is rotablation? Rotablation is a special procedure in which a tiny diamond burr rotating at high speed is used to remove difficult to remove blocks from blood

What is HOCM? HOCM is short form for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy means heart muscle disease. Hypertrophy means increased thickness. So HOCM is a disease in which the

What is mild tricuspid regurgitation? Tricuspid regurgitation is leak in the valve between right ventricle and right atrium. Right atrium is the upper chamber from which right ventricle,

What is carbon dioxide angiography? Carbon dioxide angiography is done using carbon dioxide injection into the blood vessel. Angiogram is visualization of a blood vessel by injecting a

Rheumatic heart disease Rheumatic heart disease is a group diseases which occur secondary to heart valve damage from a disease known as rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is a

How is carbon dioxide level in breath checked? Most of you may be aware that oxygen level in blood can be easily checked by keeping a small device

What is critical limb ischemia? Critical limb ischemia is a severe block in the arteries of the hands, feet or legs. Arteries are blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood.

What is Fontan operation? Fontan operation is an operation used for treatment of certain birth defects of the heart like tricuspid atresia. In tricuspid atresia there is no

What is balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV/PTMC)? Balloon mitral valvotomy is known in short as BMV. BMV is enlargement of a narrowed mitral valve using high pressure balloons attached

What type of devices should a person with a pacemaker be cautious about? പേസ്മേക്കർ ഉള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തി ഏത് തരത്തിലുള്ള ഉപകരണങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചാണ് ജാഗ്രത പുലർത്തേണ്ടത്? पेसमेकर वाले व्यक्ति को किस प्रकार