Heart disease is a leading cause of death for both men and women. But you can do a lot to protect your heart and stay healthy. Heart-healthy living involves understanding your risk, making healthy choices, and taking steps to reduce your chances of getting heart disease,...
An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure that uses X-ray images to look for blockages in your blood vessels (arteries or veins). An angiogram test allows your healthcare provider to see how blood circulates in blood vessels at specific locations in your body. Providers use an...
Heart disease results from the narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart with blood through a process known as atherosclerosis. Fatty deposits (or plaque) gradually build up on the inside of the artery walls, narrowing the space in which blood can flow to heart....
What exactly is ‘physical activity’? Physical activity – Daily actions, such as walking to the shops, taking the stairs, getting off public transport and walking to your destination.Exercise – Organised activities and sports, such as swimming, cycling, yoga and walking groups (e.g. Heart Foundation Walking Program).You...
In order to pump blood to heart without stopping, heart muscle cells must receive enough oxygen. Two main coronary arteries deliver clean blood to the heart muscles. If one of these two coronary arteries is blocked, then the heart muscle cells cannot get enough oxygen....
Cardiovascular diseases cause the highest number of deaths all over the world. The health of our hearts depends on a lot of lifestyle factors. Poor nutrition choices, bad lifestyle decisions, and improper mental health care can result in strokes, heart attacks, embolisms, and coronary heart...
Being heart healthy can prevent a heart attack or stroke by lowering your risk for heart disease. To start you on the right path, there are several risk factors that doctors will tell you to focus on. With few exceptions, We at Suraksha heart clinic...
You’ve heard the adage. Death and taxes are the only two certain things in this world. But we’d like to add one more thing – stress. Fortunately, stress isn’t always bad. There is such a thing as good stress, believe it or not. In the long term,...
Heart failure happens when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs in your body. Heart failure is a serious condition, but it does not mean that the heart has stopped beating. Although it can be a severe disease, heart failure...