Heart Attack
What is a heart attack? Your heart is a powerful muscular pump that drives blood
Angina
Angina is an uncomfortable feeling or pain in the chest. It usually feels like a
ECG (EKG)
An electrocardiogram, or ECG, records the rhythm and electrical activity of your heart. People usually
Echocardiogram (Echo)
Transthoracic echocardiography This test is safe and easy and doesn’t hurt. A recorder (probe) is
Angiogram (Coronary angiogram)
Angiogram(also known as coronary angiogram or cardiac catheterisation) Coronary angiogram is a procedure to
Angioplasty (stent insertion)
Also known as PCI or PTCA or Pin hole procedure Coronary angioplasty is a technique
Pinhole Device closures for hole in heart
Different types of closure devices are used to close a hole or an opening between
Cholesterol (Lipids)
Cholesterol is a waxy substance made in liver, from the saturated fats in food. Cholesterol
Hypertension (high Blood pressure)
Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood in your arteries – the tubes that
Chronic Total occlusion (CTO) angioplasty
Chronic total occlusion angioplasty involves unblocking (or opening) the coronary artery that is completely occluded