Cardiac Ablation

The procedure of cardiac ablation is to scar or destroy heart tissue that works towards triggering abnormal heart rhythm. Cardiac ablation becomes a necessity when atrial fibrillation accompanied by symptoms that impair the normal lifestyle becomes intolerant or when at least a single anti-arrhythmic agent becomes ineffective. Fainting might indicate problems in heart rhythm.

The procedure of cardiac ablation is to scar or destroy heart tissue that works towards triggering abnormal heart rhythm. Cardiac ablation becomes a necessity when atrial fibrillation accompanied by symptoms that impair the normal lifestyle becomes i ... More

Health Q&A
High heart rate during ECG.

I was having panic during first ECG which is attached. Then after sometime I did another ECG which again is attached. Please doctor tell me about my both first and second ECG. Are they normally or not. Technician told me the ECG is not normal. I am worried very much. Please doctor help me.

Left arm pain and yawning

For the recent days I have had left arm pain if I feel the pain immediately yawning is coming I feel little discomfort in the nearby hand pit on the left hand side. I used to chew tobacco

Chest pain

My mother is 54 years old and she is complaining of pain in her chest  and right side of body sometimes. She also has deficiency of vitamin D and her last CRP test was 8 mg/L. Please advise which test should be done to diagnose the problem and which specialist should be referred.

Heart Palpitations

Hello doc!! I am 28 yrs old. I am getting severe heart Palpitations. I visited doctor. I am diagonised with hyper thyroidism and she prescribed me with thyronorm tablet 25mcg daily in the morning. My thyroid levels are 13 . My blood report are all normal. After using for 3 months also...I am getting this palpitations...I could not concentrate, cannot breath, some time feeling dizzy... 😭😭😭😭 My ecg also normal... Dr suggest me clonafit beta tablet when anxiety comes...but it didn't work out for me... I am getting this anxiety specially at night times... Please suggest me any medication...or what to do...plz pls pls..

Got my 2-d echo results, need guidance?

I'm a 24 year old and got my 2D echo done as a follow up. I had underwent an open heart surgery for TOF when I was a kid (4 year old). My reports says :- 1. Mild TR (RVSP=RAP+36mmHg) 2. Mild PR 3. Trivial AR While my LVEF is fine (55%) I'm currently under medications for typhoid and got elevated Bilirubin levels in LFT LFT results : 1. Total Bilirubin - 1.41 2. Conjugated (D. Bilirubin) - 0.35 3. Unconjugated (I.D. Bilirubin) - 1.06 What should I infer from my results?

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