Dr Soumen Devidutta

Heart disease typically takes years to appear in most people. Still, not many medical issues have the power to completely alter your life like a heart attack. It's critical to recognize your risk for heart disease and to start making changes right away to reduce that risk. What is heart disease? Heart disease, or cardiovascular disease, is a broad term that covers a number of diseases. This includes coronary artery disease and heart attacks, diseases of heart valves, strokes, heart failure which is due to heart pumping weakness, and arrhythmias (diseases of heart rhythm or irregular heartbeats) Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of coronary artery disease, which raises the risk of a heart attack. This is a disorder that arises from plaque accumulation in the artery walls that supply the heart. The accumulation narrows the arteries and increases the resistance to blood flow. An accumulation may occasionally crack or break off, resulting in the formation of a blood clot. Sometimes,...

  Cardiac electronic devices are an integral part of contemporary cardiac care and have evolved remarkably. Such devices comprise of a pulse generator implanted in the chest under the collar bone which is connected to leads that are positioned in the appropriate cardiac chambers via a vein. The procedure is usually performed under local anesthesia. PACEMAKERS DEMYSTIFIED A Pacemaker, is implanted in patients with symptoms due to abnormally slow heart rates. Our heart rate/rhythm is normally controlled by an intrinsic natural conduction system. It’s a very sophisticated electrical circuit and failure of any of its components results in bradycardia or slowing of heart rate. Symptoms of bradycardia range from exertional fatigue or shortness of breath to even cardiac arrest. There are different types of pacemakers, the choice of which depends on the site of slowing in the heart and the underlying cardiac function. The recent inception of conduction system pacing is a paradigm leap in t...