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An LVAD, or left ventricular assist device, is a mechanical pump surgically implanted to help the heart's main pumping chamber move blood to the rest of the body when it is no longer able to do so effectively on its own. It does not replace the heart and is not an...

A dedicated heart failure doctor becomes necessary once symptoms such as breathlessness, swelling, or fatigue continue to recur despite standard treatment from a general cardiologist or physician. Heart failure is not a single condition with one fixed treatment path;...

Treatment for a weak heart muscle typically begins with medication, followed by lifestyle changes, with devices considered only if the muscle continues to weaken despite these measures. Mechanical support or a transplant is reserved for the most severe cases, where...

A general physician can manage routine checkups and mild, short-lived symptoms effectively. However, persistent chest discomfort, unexplained breathlessness, palpitations, or fainting spells call for a cardiologist's evaluation. Heart-related symptoms can closely...

Whole body angiography is a single imaging test that maps the arteries across the heart, brain, kidneys, and limbs all in one sitting. Instead of checking just the coronary arteries, it looks at the entire vascular network, because atherosclerosis rarely stays in one...

TAVR and open heart surgery both replace a diseased heart valve, but they go about it in completely different ways. TAVR threads a new valve in through a catheter, no chest incision, and most patients leave hospital within days. Open heart surgery removes the old...

Not all chest pain is a heart attack, but some of it absolutely is, and telling the difference fast can save a life. Cardiac chest pain typically feels like pressure, tightness, or squeezing, often spreading to the arm, jaw, or back, and it tends to come with sweating...

Heart attacks in women often look nothing like the chest-clutching collapse most people picture. Women are far more likely to have subtle, atypical symptoms, nausea, breathlessness, jaw or back pain, sudden fatigue, which is exactly why their heart attacks get missed...

Heart attacks in Indians under 40 are rising because of a specific mix of factors that hit this population harder than most. Indians develop coronary disease around a decade earlier than Western populations, often with no warning. The drivers are familiar but...

Most people go back to a fairly normal life after angioplasty, but the first few weeks set the tone for how long the stent keeps working. Light activity usually resumes within a week. After that, the outcome rests on a handful of habits: medication taken on time, risk...

A heart stent is permanent and stays inside the artery for the rest of a patient's life. It doesn't wear out, dissolve in most cases, or need routine replacement. Modern drug-eluting stents keep the treated artery open in more than 90% of patients beyond five years....

Both procedures fix blocked coronary arteries. That's where the similarity ends. Angioplasty goes in through a catheter, places a stent, and you're home the next morning. Bypass surgery opens the chest, grafts a new blood vessel around the blockage, and takes weeks to...