TAVR vs Open Heart Surgery for Valve Disease

TAVR vs Open Heart Surgery for Valve Disease

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...
Chest Pain: When Is It a Heart Emergency?

Chest Pain: When Is It a Heart Emergency?

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...
Warning Signs of Heart Attack in Women

Warning Signs of Heart Attack in Women

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...
Life After Angioplasty: Do’s and Don’ts

Life After Angioplasty: Do’s and Don’ts

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...
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