Severe aortic stenosis is a serious heart valve condition in which the aortic valve becomes narrowed, stiff, and unable to open properly. The aortic valve plays a vital role in allowing blood to flow from the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, into the aorta and then to the rest of the body. […]
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Heart valve disease continues to pose a major long-term challenge in patients with rheumatic heart disease, especially in those who have already undergone previous valve surgery. Although surgically implanted bioprosthetic valves can provide many years of clinical benefit, structural valve degeneration may eventually lead to recurrent obstruction or regurgitation, progressive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, arrhythmias, […]
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Heart disease does not usually begin with a sudden emergency. In many cases, it starts quietly — through daily habits that slowly damage the heart over time. Long hours of sitting, chronic stress, poor food choices, smoking, lack of sleep, and missed preventive checkups may not seem dangerous in the beginning, but together they can […]
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Treating severely calcified coronary artery disease in elderly, high-risk patients is rarely straightforward. These are the cases where success depends not just on one tool, but on careful step-by-step strategy, the ability to escalate appropriately, and the use of imaging-guided precision throughout the procedure. We recently managed a 76-year-old multimorbid patient who presented with NSTEMI, […]
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A Patient Guide by Dr. Dhamodaran K A bypass surgery is often seen as a major milestone in a heart patient’s life. For many, it brings relief from chest pain, improves blood flow to the heart, and offers a fresh start after severe blockages. Patients and families usually hope that once bypass surgery is […]
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Most people know when something feels “off” with their heart. It may begin as a sudden flutter in the chest. A pounding heartbeat that appears out of nowhere. A strange racing sensation that makes you stop what you are doing. Sometimes it lasts for a few seconds. Sometimes it goes on for minutes. Sometimes it […]
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As an Interventional Cardiologist, the most dangerous thing I deal with every single day isn’t just blocked arteries. It’s wrong information. Misinformation delays diagnosis.It delays treatment.And sometimes… it costs lives. ❌ MYTH 1 — “Heart Disease Only Affects Older People” ✅ TRUTH: Heart attacks are happening in people as young as 28. For decades, heart […]
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High blood pressure does not announce itself loudly.It does not always cause pain.It does not interrupt your day in obvious ways. Instead, it works quietly in the background — slowly increasing the workload on your heart, gradually damaging blood vessels, and silently raising the risk of life-threatening complications. That is why hypertension is often called […]
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Severe calcific aortic stenosis in elderly patients often presents one of the most complex decision-making challenges in modern cardiology. Advanced age, coupled with multiple systemic comorbidities, can make conventional surgical aortic valve replacement prohibitively risky. However, the evolution of transcatheter valve therapies has significantly changed outcomes for patients once considered untreatable. This case involves an […]
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Severe aortic stenosis in elderly, frail patients with multiple medical conditions presents one of the most demanding challenges in contemporary cardiology. Many such patients are deemed inoperable due to prohibitive surgical risk. However, advances in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) have transformed outcomes, offering life-saving treatment even in the most complex scenarios. This blog highlights […]
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