What are the important types of heart diseases in children? Most of the important heart diseases in children are birth defects of the heart (congenital heart disease). But
What are the inherited heart diseases? The most common among the inherited heart diseases is a particular disease of the heart muscle known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – HCM.
How is coronary heart disease diagnosed? Coronary heart disease (coronary artery disease, coronary artery heart disease, ischemic heart disease) is usually suspected by the symptoms. Typically it is
LMCA: Left main coronary artery; LAD: Left anterior descending coronary artery (blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood to the the heart muscle) – as seen on coronary angiogram (X-ray
What is coronary angiography? Coronary angiography is visualization of the blood vessels of the heart (coronary arteries) by injecting radiocontrast ‘dye’ into them. Conventionally this is achieved by