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The Role of Genetics in Heart Disease: Can You Prevent It?

MIBHS

Cardiomyopathies: These diseases affect the heart muscle, impairing its ability to pump blood effectively. Mutations in specific genes often cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy. Heart imaging, such as echocardiograms or CT scans. How Do Genetic Factors Work?

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

Wellnest

Can COVID-19 symptoms mimic a heart attack? 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.

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Why is ECG machine use? What diseases can EKG monitor detect?

Wellnest

Any symptoms related to abnormal heart activity require an ECG test to rule out the cause. However, an echocardiogram is a different test, also conducted for heart activity. An electrocardiogram is a machine used to record the heart's electrical activity. It is a breakdown of the heart's electrical system.

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An anxious approach to a benign arrhythmia in Holter recording

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

The baseline heart rate was around a vago-genic 60/mt, that was comforting. He had his echocardiogram done already and was normal. “Doctor, I forgot to tell, my father died suddenly at the age of 48 apparently by a heart attack” I must admit, I was taken aback the moment he told this. J Clin Med. J Clin Med.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

If our valves are leaky then again, a smaller volume of blood is effectively ejected because some leaks back Cardiomyopathies – if the heart muscle itself is defective in some way then that makes it weaker. This includes conditions like familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, familial dilated cardiomyopathy etc.

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What do heart tests tell us?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

If the pump is in any way defective then not as much blood comes out of the heart and the body and all our vital organs will get less blood than they should and this could lead to harm. So cardiomyopathies, valve problems, myocarditis and previous heart attacks all cause a problem with the pumping function of the heart.