Echocardiograms and electrocardiograms (EKG/ECG) are common, harmless, and non-invasive (not entering the body) diagnostic tests for identifying heart disease or structural problems with the heart. However, while both tests measure the heart’s electrical activity, or ‘waves’ that travel over the heart muscles to help them contract; commonly (known as ‘heartbeat’), each one diagnoses different heart
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How Tachycardia Affects Healthy People with Anxiety
How Tachycardia Affects Healthy People with Anxiety
Due to its reputation as a heart attack pre-cursor, Tachycardia, or ‘fast heart rate’ (over 100 beats per minute instead of the normal 60-100 bpm) is a major point of concern for most anxiety sufferers, even ones with no prior history of heart disease. This is because the symptoms of an anxiety attack and a
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Unblocking Peripheral Blockades: Treating and Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis
Unblocking Peripheral Blockades: Treating and Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis
Among vascular (vein and nerve-related) diseases, Deep Vein Thrombosis or DVT is one of the most fatal, yet common conditions; mainly due to Pulmonary Embolisms i.e. DVT blood clots that travel from the leg to the heart to threateningly obstruct lung pathways. However, the condition is just as easy to both prevent and treat and
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An Introduction to Deep Vein Thrombosis
An Introduction to Deep Vein Thrombosis
Blood cells join together to form clots when the blood moves slowly through the veins. When formed in the legs, these blood clots cause a condition known as ‘Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)’. DVT clots are located in the veins embedded deep within the thigh and lower leg muscles, hence the name, and may even to
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Heart renovation: How to treat Broken heart syndrome?
Heart renovation: How to treat Broken heart syndrome?
Broken heart syndrome refers to a condition in which one part of the heart has abnormal function while the rest of the heart works in its normal fashion. The condition happens abruptly but the symptoms are temporary, and the heart goes back to normal function within a few days. There is no confirmed reason for
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