Dr. Nishith Chandra
What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a type of fat. It has both good and bad effects on the body. Your body uses cholesterol to make hormones and to build and maintain nerve cells. However, when your body has too much cholesterol, deposits of fat in the blood called plaque form inside blood vessel walls. The blood vessel walls thicken and […]
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Angioplasty is a procedure in which your doctor inserts a balloon catheter into a blocked artery to unblock the artery. The blocked artery may be an artery in your arm, leg, or neck. If the blocked artery is a blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart, the procedure is called coronary angioplasty, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). A […]
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Indians around the globe have the highest rates of premature coronary artery disease (CAD), with clinical manifestations occurring about 10 years earlier than in other populations. Incidence and mortality rates for CAD are 50−300% higher among overseas Indians compared with compatriots. India has seen a rapid transition in its disease burden (number of cases/lakh) over the past couple of decades. […]
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Angiograms are x-ray pictures of the inside of blood vessels. The doctor uses a catheter (a long, slim, flexible tube) to put dye in an artery and takes x-rays to help find any problems. Why are angiograms used? The angiogram allows your doctor to check the inside of a blood vessel to see if it is narrowed, leaking, enlarged, or […]
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