Having a heart attack is a frightening and life-altering experience. Feeling confused, overwhelmed and uncertain after a heart attack is normal. The way you deal with the situation, your mental outlook and your willingness to change and forsake the things that caused the problem will determine your future. Most people who survive a heart attack…

The human heart starts beating while the baby is still in the womb and continues to do so every second of every day until we die. That is between 35 to 42 million beats each year. Multiply this by 65 years and the total is staggering. 2.5 billion is the approximate number of beats your…

Hectic modern lifestyles, stress, bad nutrition, hereditary issues and a lack of adequate exercise are among the most common reasons for cardiac ailments. While cardiac conditions are major issues, with early detection and treatment, there is no reason why normal life cannot continue. One of the major reasons why heart-related problems are not detected and diagnosed…

Arrhythmias or heart rhythm problems are becoming increasingly common. This is due to irregular electrical signals emanating from a small area of tissue. Cardiac ablation is a procedure that uses either heat or cold energy to create minute scars in the heart which will block the irregular signals and restore normal heart rhythm. When heat…

Angioplasty is a medical procedure used to open up arteries that have become blocked due to coronary artery disease. The procedure opens up the blocked artery so that blood flow to the heart is restored without the need for open heart surgery. Angioplasty may be done either as an emergency procedure in the case of a heart…