Source: Mount ElizabethWhen exactly should you start checking for heart disease, and how does a doctor screen and diagnose a heart condition? Cardiologist Dr Paul Ong explains the details.As the saying goes, early detection saves lives. This rings true especially for heart disease, because discovering a heart condition early will allow a doctor to take […]
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Heart arrhythmia is a condition in which heart rhythm tends to be irregular in pace. It occurs when the electrical signals in the heart (responsible for its beating) do not fire properly. This malfunctioning of the signals can cause the heartbeat to be either too fast, beat irregularly, or too slow.Heart arrhythmia can be classified
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that is done to replace the aortic valve that has thickened/calcified due to various reasons, resulting in an inability to open completely. Thickening of the aortic valve is a serious condition, known as aortic valve stenosis, and it obstructs blood flow from the heart to
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