Month: January 2026

Your heart’s three main blood pipes work like Mumbai’s favorite bike routes. The front pipe powers the main pump. The left pipe and right pipe feed the sides. When all three narrow 70% or more, blood trickles like bikes stuck in Dadar traffic. Chest tightness that used to hit only on long rides now appears… Continue reading Heart Blockages: When Bike Routes Need New Lanes

Breathlessness is one of the most common complaints in a heart OPD, and also one of the most casually dismissed. “Bas thak gaya hoon, age ho rahi hai, stamina kam ho gaya.” Sometimes that is fair. But when the heart or valves are involved, the pattern usually becomes too consistent to ignore.  Heart‑related breathlessness often appears when the body asks for modest extra effort—climbing one flight of… Continue reading Shortness of Breath on Simple Stairs? Your Heart May Be Talking

Many patients live with chest discomfort in a loop of self‑reassurance: “Acidity hogi, stress hoga, slept badly.” That works once or twice. When the same symptom keeps returning, the gap between what we tell ourselves and what the heart is trying to say starts to widen. The real task is not to panic at every twinge, but… Continue reading “Acidity Hogi” vs. Your Heart: Knowing the Difference

Some nights, after a long day in the operating room, I end up at the snooker table. The room is quiet, the table is still, and everything depends on one simple thing: the line I choose. It could be the last ball of the frame or the first cut on a beating heart. The mindset… Continue reading Why Heart Surgery Is a Game of Angles, Not Heroics