Saturated fat, sugar are contributors to coronary heart disease savita thakur thakur11 Feb 2016 1:41 PM ISTWashington: One in every six deaths in the United States and throughout the developed world takes place due to Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease...
Risk factors for congenital heart defects may lie both inside and outside the heart : PLOS Biology Study supriya kashyap kashyap11 Sept 2016 9:42 AM ISTCongenital heart defects (CHDs) are a leading cause of birth defect-related deaths. Understanding how genetic alterations cause such defects is...
Standard Treatment Guidelines For Cardiac Disease In Pregnancy supriya kashyap kashyap15 Oct 2016 3:57 PM ISTThe incidence of heart disease in pregnancy is 1% and it is the third leading cause of death in women of reproductive age group. Risk of maternal...
Ablation for atrial fibrillation safe,effective in congenital heart disease: Penn study supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2017 12:04 PM ISTPHILADELPHIA--Congenital heart disease (CHD) includes a range of defects that occur in the heart which patients are born with, such as a hole in the...
Effects of Physical Activity on mortality in patients with Stable CHD : JACC Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 Sept 2017 11:30 AM ISTStewart RA, Held C, Hadziosmanovic N, et al., on behalf of the STABILITY Investigators conducted a study to find out association between exercise and...
Fetal Echocardiography: Role in ante-natal screening Meghna Singhania31 Oct 2017 7:00 PM IST8 out of every 1000 live births are having some congenital heart defect. 180,000 children are born with CHD annually in our India. 10% of infant...
D-dimer predicts mortality due to Cardiovascular events and Cancer in Stable CHD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTDr.John Simes from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, and associates...
Sustained or Sporadic Exercise Offers equal mortality benefit Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 March 2018 7:25 PM ISTThere has been a lot of confusion prevailing about the type of exercise, Quantum of exercise for decreasing mortality risk in CHD. For decades,...
Loneliness associated with increased risk of CHD and stroke Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 March 2018 7:30 PM ISTThe influence of social relationships and loneliness on morbidity is widely accepted, but the quantum of their risk to cardiovascular health is...
Doctors perform rare ROSS Procedure to treat Congenital Heart Defect Medical Dialogues Bureau19 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTDoctors at SL Raheja Hospital – A Fortis Associate performed the rare ROSS procedure to cure a 5yr old’s Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) recently. The...
Levels of sex hormones determine risk of heart disease in post-menopausal women Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTIn women undergoing post-menopausal phase, a higher ratio of testosterone/estradiol and higher levels of testosterone are associated with higher risk...
LDL levels above 160 tied to CVD mortality even in low risk patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 Aug 2018 8:28 PM ISTLDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels above 160 mg/dL in the patients otherwise deemed at low risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) face a 50% to 80%...
