Can an implantable device like a pacemaker be damaged by an electric shock? A direct current defibrillation shock delivered directly over the device can cause permanent damage, though
Can a very young person get heart attack? Occasionally a young person can get a heart attack (sudden blockage of blood supply to a region of the heart)
Can a thickened wall of the heart be made thinner by treatment? Just like other muscles, heart muscle also become thicker with increased strain. When a person has
Can a person with a pacemaker run? Persons on pacemakers, implanted medical device used to increase heart beats, can invariably do light walking. Those with a rate responsive
Can a pacemaker prevent atrial fibrillation? Certain types of pacemakers were considered for prevention of atrial fibrillation. Multisite atrial pacing was initially thought to reduce the chance of
Can a floppy atrial septum cause stroke? Floppy atrial septum (wall separating two upper chambers of the heart) is an aneurysm or bulge in the atrial septum which
Can a 12 year old die of heart attack? Quite rare, but not impossible for a 12 year old to die of heart attack. Very rare congenital abnormalities (birth
Athletes heart അത്ലറ്റിന്റെ ഹൃദയം एथलीट का दिल Athlete’s heart is hypertrophy (thickening of the walls) due to the constant training. The ideal method of differentiating this hypertrophy from
Angiography Angiography (angio) is the procedure by which blood vessels of the body are visualised by injecting contrast or otherwise. Most popular contrast media are iodinated dyes which
