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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

Echocardiogram An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce a detailed image of the heart, allowing doctors to see the size of the heart chambers and how well the heart is pumping blood. Beta-blockers , which slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure. Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots.

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News from EHRA 2024: International Experts Agree on Standards for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

DAIC

Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, a condition in which the heart muscle cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, benefit from ablation to alleviate symptoms, increase the heart’s strength, and improve their prognosis. Prolonged anticoagulation may be required depending on the risk of blood clots.

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Rise of COVID's JN.1 Sub variant Cases in India in 2023

Wellnest

Yes, COVID-19 symptoms can resemble a heart attack, including chest pain, shortness of breath, and changes in echocardiogram or EKG. However, angiograms often reveal no major blockage in the heart’s blood vessels, indicating a different mechanism. Myocarditis symptoms can also mimic a heart attack, and small blood clots may cause pain.

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Comprehending the Dreadful Impacts of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Treatments

SoftCath

MedicalNewsToday reported that people suffering from Covid-19 infection might develop blood clots in various arteries of their bodies which can cause improper circulation of blood. Apart from blood clotting, in some Covid-19 patients, a higher risk of heart failure and heart attacks has been witnessed by the hospitals.

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Cryptogenic Stroke

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

In Ischaemic strokes, there is some sort of blockage either in the major vessels that take the blood (this is called large vessel atherosclerosis) to the brain or even in the smaller vessels (called small vessel occlusion). Another way of imaging the heart is via a transesophageal echocardiogram. This is the link to the video.

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Abstract 164: Chronic Total Occlusion of the Bilateral Internal Carotid Arteries, Vertebral Arteries and Basilar Artery

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Remaining work‐up including A1c, LDL, urine drug screen, EKG, transthoracic echocardiogram, and telemetry was unrevealing other than for an LDL of 152. Routine EEG showed moderate generalized showing.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

With this test, an echocardiogram is done at rest to study the pumping ability of the heart. When this happens, the body treats it as a fresh wound and a blood clot forms around it which inadvertently also has the effect of blocking the whole blood vessel, leading to a sudden heart attack.