Dr Ramji Mehrotra | Principal Director and Chief -CTVS Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery

            
Dr Ramji Mehrotra (Principal director and chief -CTVS Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) explains that, being identified with coronary heart failure isn't always the end of life, it is able to be managed

The heart is muscle and muscle is life. In a heart attack, some of the muscle dies when the arteries close for a long time. It is therefore important to immediately open the blood vessels during an attack to keep the heart muscle as good as possible and to prevent heart failure.


Failure and then overall patient outcome. It is the golden hour after a heart attack that determines a patient's overall prognosis, whether they lead a paralyzed or active life. If not managed on time,
This will gradually weaken the heart and develop into heart failure, “.

Dr Ramji Malhotra further explained:

It is important to know how well the muscles are working to understand whether heart failure is reversible and whether a person can go about their daily lives.
After a heart attack, the doctor will perform an angioplasty and assess heart function with a test called an echocardiography (ECG).|

 It shows the ventricular function of the heart and calculates the ejection fraction (efficiency of the blood pumped by the heart).

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