Below you'll find a list of all posts from July, 2015
Heart Failure Causes, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Heart failure is a decreased ability of the heart to fill and empty. The major purpose of the heart is to circulate blood, which carries oxygen and nutrients around the body, including itself). Common causes of heart failure include Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), hypertension, heart valve disease and a variety of other causes. …
Submitted by Dr T on November 28, 2011 – 8:58am in Cardiac Risks Question: I had a 5 bypass surgery 9 weeks ago. I have been getting this gurgling sensation in my heart, and I check my BP it is usually pretty normal for me 130’s/80’s/70’s. My blood pressure seems to go higher at night, and I take some additional …
Submitted by Dr T on November 26, 2011 – 11:03am Question: I am a 26 year old female (i am 5 ft 2 inches and weigh about 100lbs)I was born with a ‘hole in the heart’. I received regular health checks until i was – i think – 3 or 4 years old. I didn’t require any treatment for the …
Submitted by Dr T on November 26, 2011 – 10:39am in Your heart rhythm Question: My son is 15 years old and has been having rapid heart rythms, faintness, nausea, and chest pain for about a year. I had taken him to doctors and no one could find anything. Last week, he had an episode at school in which his …
Submitted by Dr T on November 24, 2011 – 10:03am in Other Question: I have been smoking for the past 7 years. What are my chances that I will get lung cancer? Your chance of getting lung cancer after only 4 years are low. Lung cancer is caused by many factors that include what you smoke, how much and how …
Submitted by Dr T on November 22, 2011 – 10:29am in Cardiac Risks Question: Recently my both feet were swelling and I consulted with a doctor. After doing color Doppler of lower limbs, the doctor referred me to a vascular surgeon. Then I consulted with a surgeon who asked me to do echo-cardiogram of abdominal. In report he found ASD …
Submitted by Dr T on November 21, 2011 – 5:50pm Question: What is an Arrhythmia and what causes it? Arrhythmias are caused by problems with your heart’s electrical system. The electrical signals may fire too fast or too slowly, or in an uneven (irregular) way.Arrhythmias are disorders of your heart’s electrical system, which means there is a change in …
Submitted by Dr T on November 19, 2011 – 2:35pm in Chest Pain Question: Hi. My husband had his 5th heart attack on the 17th of Sept.He said this one hurt more than all the others. Do you know what makes that happen? This one was on the back side of the heart if that makes a difference.During the hosp …
Submitted by Dr T on November 19, 2011 – 9:24am in Cardiac Risks Question: Hi,My father observed some variations in his ECG, and was taken to hospital for his checkups. His eco report read as in the following:1)Dilated left ventricle with severe genralized systolic dysfunction.2)Secondary moderate mitral regurgitation in upper normal sized left atrium.3)Thickened aortic vavle with no stenosis and …
Submitted by Dr T on November 17, 2011 – 8:27am in Cardiac Risks Question: Three yrs ago I failed a stress test and underwent a heart catherization. 20-30% was the estimate. So I had a false positive.Two days ago I had a high res ECG synchronized computed tomography of the heart along with a full body scan. Calcium score was …