As blood travels through the arteries of human body, it exerts pressure to its walls. This, so called blood pressure (BP), is maintained...

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I am reasonably certain that most of you have, at least once, wondered when is the right time to take your medicines. It happens to be...

TAVR or TAVI refers to a procedure where an artificial bio-prosthetic valve is implanted into the human heart using a catheter in a...

Increase in blood pressure (BP) beyond what is considered normal is called Hypertension. Hypertension is one of the most common diseases,...

Narrowing of the blood vessels of the heart (coronary arteries) is mostly due to blockages and can lead to issues like heart attack or...

Blood pressure (BP) simply refers to the 'pressure' that 'blood' exerts to the vessel (tubes that carry blood) wall. Here is an analogy:...

Here, I answer some of the questions patients asked me over last few years. Q. I used to have high blood pressure (BP) before. Since I...

Aortic Stenosis (AS) refers to a clinical situation where Aortic Valve (AoV) that doesn't open well, causing impediment to blood flow....

Blood cholesterol is a term often used to describe circulating fat content in our blood. Fat molecules, combined with certain proteins,...

Taking a picture of heart blood vessels (known as coronary artery) is called 'Coronary Angiography' (CAG). Click here for more...

This question has been asked multiple times on numerous occasions, and was addressed to, in part, by price capping of coronary stents...

Over the last century, medicine has evolved into a sophisticated complex science that requires a set of specialized skills to decode and...

Taking expert opinion is an essential component of decision making. At times though, even after an expert opinion, one may not get...

Anticoagulants (blood thinners) are group of medicines that decrease human body's ability to form blood clots. They don't really 'thin'...

A valve is a "device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc." We all have encountered valves in our lives....

While chest pain is classically associated with heart attack, there are certain things worth noticing. Every chest pain is not a heart...

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One comes across so many types of doctors, at times with similar sounding credentials. It's not difficult to confuse one with another,...

Lets decode medical verbatim first. Below are few commonly used terms and their meaning. Cardiac: related to heart Coronary artery: blood...