All About Heart And Blood Vessels

Wide complex tachycardia Wide complex tachycardia is otherwise known as wide QRS complex tachycardia or simply wide QRS tachycardia. The general dictum is that wide QRS complex tachycardia

What is telemetry monitoring? Telemetry monitoring is a type of cardiac monitoring. Only difference is that a small transmitting device is attached to the person which transmits to

What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)? Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a group of birth defects in which left side of the heart is poorly developed. Left

What is cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is heart muscle disease. The common types are restrictive, hypertrophic and dilated. In restrictive type there is restriction of filling of the affected ventricle.

What are the important symptoms of a heart attack? Chest pain is the most important symptom of heart attack. But heart attack can occur with other symptoms like

Breast feeding for at least six months lowers cholesterol in adult life Babies who are breast fed for at least six months have lower cholesterol levels in adult

Heart Walk – The great fundraising event of the American Heart Association Heart Walk is the American Heart Association’s great fund raising event held annually. The aim is

Not all fish are good for the heart – study report! Eating fish twice a week has been a widely accepted way to reduce the burden of coronary

What to do if I have taken a tablet of digoxin by mistake? Single tablet of digoxin is unlikely to cause any adverse effect in a person with

What is the difference in the treatment between a STEMI and NSTEMI? STEMI is ST elevation myocardial infarction and NSTEMI non ST elevation myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction means