Who was the first person to perform a heart transplant? A rare moment where hearts and minds come together to save a life: Everyone has special moments in life. 28th of February 2015 is a one of those rare moments for me and my team. In a country like India, where we...
Why heart disease is important? You know how important your heart is, so it’s no wonder people worry when they hear someone has Heart problems. Heart disease, also called cardiovascular disease, mainly affects older people and means that there are problems with...
Congestive Heart Failure facts Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition in which the heart’s function as a pump is inadequate to meet the body’s needs. Many disease processes can impair the pumping efficiency of the heart to cause congestive heart...
Heart Failure (HF) – a condition in which a weakened heart can’t pump enough blood throughout the body. This leads to reduced quality of life, frequent hospitalization and high mortality. Although Heart Failure, like other heart ailments, has been acquiring...
3rd of August is an important day in the calendar of medical achievements in India. In India, for the first time ,on 3rd August 1994 Prof P Venugopal conducted Heart Transplantation successfully at AllMS, Delhi. He was honored by Government of India by confirming...
Dr. Gokhale performed a rare surgery and implanted the first Heart Assist Device in Andhra Pradesh, thus saving an old heart patient’s life. The 63 year old homemaker, P.Kasturi from AS Rao Nagar received the first heart assist device, also called Left Ventricular...