Heart disease encompasses various conditions affecting the heart's health, some of which can be life-threatening.
Overview
Heart disease is a medical condition which affects the health of the heart. A few of the problems concerned with the health of the heart are not only affecting the heart but, on some occasions, are even life-threatening for men and women such as:
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Abnormal heartbeat
- Heart valve disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Heart muscle disease etc.
Symptoms of Heart-Related Diseases
You can't argue that all heart diseases are symptom-wise identical. You can argue heart disease symptoms vary based on which heart diseases you have.
But there are some general heart disease symptoms:
- Chest tightness and pain
- Shortness of breath
- Sweat
- Chest T Tightness
- Irregular heartbeat
What are the causes of heart diseases?
- Physical inactivity
- Smoking
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypertension
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Blood clots
- Hereditary causes of heart disease
What are the types of Heart Diseases?
Coronary Artery Disease: Coronary artery disease is a clinical condition that occurs in the coronary artery, which supplies blood to the muscles of the heart. When the cholesterol plaque builds up inside the heart arteries, then it reduces blood supply to the heart and leads to coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease leads to a heart attack, chest pain, or stroke.
Irregular Heart Rhythm (Heart arrhythmias): In this condition, your heart doesn't beat regularly, it beats more quickly or slowly. The irregular heart rhythm indicates that something is wrong. It can lead to severe heart complications
Congenital heart disease: Congenital heart disease is birth defects (a defect in the heart shape since birth) that interfere with normal heart functioning and result in long-term heart problems.
Heart muscle disease: Heart muscle disease is the heart muscle disease which exists inside the heart in a way that it propels the blood to the rest of the body. Heart failure is caused because of the malfunction of the pumping of the heart.
How to diagnose heart related diseases?
Some are tests diagnosed with heart disease. It helps the doctor decide about the treatment in order to destroy the problem and prevent the issue from becoming a death-claiming disease. Based on the disease and signs, doctors advise blood tests and diagnostic and imaging tests such as:
- Complete Cholesterol test (Book Now)
- Echocardiography (Echo) (Book Now)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) (Book Now)
- Treadmill Test (TMT) (Book Now)
- Holter Monitor (Book Now)
- Stress Test (Book Now)
- CT Coronary Angiography (Book Now).
A blood test which will measure your total cholesterol level such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and triglycerides to test the level of cholesterol and fat in your blood.
Echocardiography (Echo)
Echocardiography (Echo) is an extremely painless medical examination also known as an ultrasound of the heart. It utilizes sound waves to obtain a picture of your heart to scan for irregularities of heart muscles and heart valves.
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a safe test, which is administered to trace the electrical work of the heart to assess the heart damage and abnormal heart beat.
Treadmill Test (TMT)
Treadmill Test (TMT) is employed to determine the effect of exercise on your heart the walking on the treadmill. The test records the electrical activity of the heart while walking on the treadmill and detects coronary artery disease and abnormal heart rhythm.
Holter Monitor
Holter monitor test is used for monitoring heart rhythm for 24 to 48 hours. It is used most frequently when an ECG report is not showing cardiac disease such as unusual heart rhythm but you are suffering from symptoms of the disease.
Stress Thallium Test
Stress thallium test is a visual diagnostic test which shows how the blood enters into the heart and how good or bad the blood circulation is under rest or exercising conditions. This test is performed to detect improper circulation of the blood into the heart, injuries to the heart, and if one would suffer from a heart attack
CT coronary angiography
Computed Tomography (CT) Coronary Angiography is among the latest imaging technologies incorporated for diagnosing patients presenting suspected coronary artery disease. CT Coronary Angiography aids in the detection of vulnerable soft, hard, and calcified plaques with the likelihood of having extremely unfavorable heart-related conditions such as heart attacks. It has proved to be a boon for a heart patient as it brings about precision and accuracy in the detection of high-risk plaque in clinical application. It is clear that type 2 diabetic patients, patients with increased blood pressure, patients with increased cholesterol, obese patients, etc. are most likely to suffer from heart diseases such as coronary artery disease.
Radiologists believe that the rate of heart diseases, especially heart attacks, has increased.
If we continue to notice blockage in our heart arteries on a routine basis, we can easily prevent heart attacks because blockage in the arteries is the most common cause of heart attacks. CT Coronary Angiography is the most appropriate test for early diagnosis of heart artery blockage and useful in preventing a heart attack before it occurs. The test detects the blockage of the heart artery at the earliest and avoids heart attacks with lower radiation exposure. Hence, it is a highly effective and risk-free test compared to other diagnostic tests of diagnosis for diagnosing cardiac diseases. For scanning to be done during the procedure, all patients should follow the following:
- You should fast for 4-6 hours.
- Female patients must go see the doctor because the radiation will harm the unborn child.
- Inform your doctor if you have any kind of allergy.
- Having knowledge that you have coronary artery disease is the start of treating and preventing heart disorders from becoming worse.
Conclusion
Understanding your heart is most important, here we’ve discussed many issues and tests related to heart diseases. Ganesh Diagnostic is the best imaging centre where you can have your physical and blood tests at lowest cost.
FAQS
Q. What is the CT Angiography test?
CT Coronary Angiography is a diagnostic imaging test done with the use of computed tomography and contrast material to obtain a 3-D image of the heart.
Q. Why are heart related tests recommended to you?
If you are diabetic, you have a high cholesterol level, you have high blood pressure, you are obese, etc., then you need to take this test because all these are CAD risk factors. This test assists you in getting proper treatment for your cardiac issues and prevents them from becoming fatal ones.
Q. How to book heart related tests online?
You can book heart related tests online via Ganesh Diagnostics website and you can book this test anytime.
Q. Why is Ganesh Diagnostic your best choice for heart problems?
Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center is the best diagnostic center to obtain heart issues tests and has the latest modern 128-Slice CT scan machine to find problems in your arteries as it provides information of the coronary vessels
