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Dr Ramji Mehrotra - Being Diagnosed with Heart Failure isn't an end of life

Dr Ramji Mehrotra - Our heart is a muscular pump that has to contract continuously. It receives and expels blood. Many reasons may weaken it, leading to heart failure, and often it is not easily reversible but can be controlled or managed.

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Dr Ramji Mehrotra - Being Diagnosed with Heart Failure isn't an end of life

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  1. Dr Ramji Mehrotra - Being Diagnosed with Heart Failure isn't an end of life. Dr Ramji Mehrotra "Our body is a great miracle, and our heart is designed to pump tirelessly from the moment, even before we are born till the person dies. Our heart is a muscular pump that has to contract continuously. It receives and expels blood. Many reasons may weaken it, leading to heart failure, and often it is not easily reversible but can be controlled or managed. When a person has a heart attack, a part of the muscle dies if the arteries close for a long time. Therefore, it is necessary that the emergent opening of the vessels during the attack preserves the heart muscle the best and prevents heart failure and Subsequently the whole outcome of the patient. It is the golden hour after the cardiac attack that will determine the entire prognosis of the patient, whether he lives a crippled life or an active life. If not managed on time, it will gradually weaken the heart and progress to heart failure". Dr Ramji Malhotra elaborated further.

  2. It is necessary to know how much the muscle functions to understand whether heart failure is reversible and if the person can lead an everyday life. After a heart attack, the doctor does an angioplasty, and an assessment of the functioning of the heart by an investigation called echocardiography (ECG). It will reveal the ventricular function of the heart and calculate the ejection fraction (the efficacy of blood pumped by the heart).

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