Abstract Mitral valve prolapse is valvular heart disease. Mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve. Mitral valve is one of the heart’s four valves and prevents blood from flowing back to the atrium. It is located on the left side of the heart between the left atrium and the left ventricle. In this pathway oxygenated blood flows into…
Abstract Human heart is an organ which pumps the blood throughout the body through the circulatory system and supplies oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and also removes carbon dioxide and other wastes from the body. The tissues of the body need a constant supply of the blood and nutrition but if the heart is not able to supply nutrients…
Abstract The heart is the muscular organ that is located just behind and slightly to the left side of our breast bone. The heart helps in pumping the blood throughout the body with the help of arteries and veins and this network is known as the cardiovascular system. The heart in total four chambers consisting of the right and left…
We are living in an age where most of the population, especially youngsters, preach or strive for ‘live or let live’. Individuals demand independence to make all the choices but freedom like every other thing in the world comes with a price. The unregulated lifestyle choices sometimes manifest in the form of mismanagement of finances, instability, and failure of relationships….
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a perplexing large vessel vasculitis that had been recognised for more than 200 years but continues to be a big therapeutic challenge for the physicians. It is a rare type of vasculitis, that causes vessel inflammation. In refractory Takayasu arteritis, the inflammation damages the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of…