Heart Disease Health Feed

Cardiovascular diseases are intricately related to your lifestyle choices. Several factors that affect the heart such as age, ethnicity, family history, etc. There are several aspects you can control. Consciously choosing to live a heart-healthy life not only increases longevity but also ensures a more productive and happy life, free of the burden of diseases. This World Heart Day on 29th September, familiarize yourself with a list of small changes you can make in your everyday life to ensure yo...more

Heart disease is a serious medical condition, and so is depression. Together, they can be harmful to the people suffering from them. It is seen that 33% of heart attack patients also suffer from depression. Interestingly enough, many patients having depression also have coronary artery disease (CHD) or adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).

Patients with heart disease (acquired or congenital) - are more likely to suffer from depression because heart problems directly and adversely imp...more

If you want to decrease your risk for heart disease, it may be important for you to reduce the added sugar in your diet.

Cardiomegaly is a broad term that has to be properly evaluated like ecg, echo etc. There are various clinical conditions in which cardiomegaly occurs. Thank you.

Hello Lybrate User, post cabg patient should be using prescribed medications daily without interruption. Transient ischemic attack or brain stroke can be causes of fainting and loss of memory. Pls consult a physician and take appropriate treatment. Take care.

The early atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta refers to the formation of blocks due to cholesterol deposits

There are many causes of upper lobe opacity from tb to cancer. Hrct chest should be done to know the exact pathology especially if symptoms like cough, fever, weight loss, blood in sputum are present.

Please confirm with screening coronary angiogram to run out blockage in right coronary artery. Thank you.

Right bundle branch block comes from a problem with the heart's ability to conduct electrical signals. It usually doesn't cause symptoms unless you have some other heart condition. Your heart has 4 chambers. The 2 upper chambers are called atria.These are termed right bundle branch and left bundle branch. Let's have a detailed discussion for better advice and medication plan.

Holter is for monitoring 24 hours heart beat rhythm and detect abnormal rhythms. Echo don’t monitor rhythm rather it’s ultrasound of heart and monitor structure of the heart.