Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA)
Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) is a non-surgical procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited condition in which your he...
01
Nov
Posts by StatCardiologist
01
Nov
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that leads an individual to recount an unwanted obsession or thought, compul...
01
Nov
Insomnia
Insomnia is a condition in which a person suffers sleeplessness, trouble sleeping, or staying asleep. It can be long-term (chronic) or ...
01
Nov
Incontinence
Incontinence is the deficiency of voluntary control over urination. The urinary system consists of kidneys, bladder, ureters, and ureth...
18
Oct
Silent Ischemia and Ischemic Heart Disease
Ischemia is a condition in which blood flow is restricted or reduced in a particular body part. Whereas silent ischemia refers to ische...
18
Oct
Pericardial Tamponade
Pericardial Tamponade is a medical emergency that can be fatal if not treated immediately. It is also known as Cardiac TamponadeIt is t...
18
Oct
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) is a heart disease that affects the valve allocated between the left heart chambers. The leaflets (flaps) o...
18
Oct
Lobectomy Surgery
When the lungs get any sort of infection or illness, including tumors or cancer, it requires lobectomy surgery to remove a lobe of the ...
18
Oct
Ebstein’s Anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is congenital heart disease (present at birth). In this condition, the blood in the heart flows backward through the ...
13
Oct
Sickle Cell Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disorder that affects hemoglobin (the molecule in red blood cells that give or deliv...
