Why is an anticoagulant required when an artificial valve is implanted? Artificial valve material is thrombogenic. Clots can form on the valve and obstruct it. Fragments of clot
INR monitoring INR is short for International Normalized Ratio of a test called Prothrombin Time. It is also called PT-INR. The INR monitoring is used to monitor the
What is Kawasaki disease? Kawasaki disease is a disease in young children with fever and rash, which can affect the skin, mouth, eyes and the heart. It was
How can you find out whether a person had a heart attack earlier? ECG can detect an old heart attack even years later. Old myocardial infarctions (technical term
How can you differentiate hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete’s heart? Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a hereditary disease with almost 50% recurrence in first order relatives. Athlete’s heart is a
How can you check whether a stent has been inserted in the coronary artery? Coronary stents are thin spring like metallic structures and will not be visible on
How can people with normal cholesterol get a heart attack? Cholesterol is only one among the several risk factors for a heart attack. Risk factors can be classified
How can genetically determined high cholesterol be treated? Genetically determined cholesterol elevation also responds to low fat diet, exercise and medicines like statins. Some may need a special
