Recovering a heart attack is a meaningful journey, one that transforms how you care for your body, connect with family, and approaches each day. You’ve survived a serious moment when blood flow to your heart was blocked, and doctors helped restore it with treatments like stents. That’s a victory worth celebrating. Now comes the rewarding part: healing fully and… Continue reading Life After a Heart Attack: What Recovery Really Looks Like
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Why Heart Disease Is Rising Among Young Indians? And How We Can Stop It Early.
For decades, heart disease seemed like a distant threat, something grandparents fretted over after 50. Not anymore, especially in India. Today, cardiologists like Dr. Gulshan Rohra are treating heart attacks in people under 40 as a routine. A 2023 study in the Indian Heart Journal found cases in those under 40 have surged 50% in the last decade, with urban India leading… Continue reading Why Heart Disease Is Rising Among Young Indians? And How We Can Stop It Early.
Does Heart Rate Increase Asthma? Understanding Cardiac Asthma and Congestive Heart Failure
Breathlessness is scary; it feels like you can’t get enough air, no matter how hard you try. We often think, “Oh, it’s just asthma,” especially wheezing. But not every case of struggling to breathe comes from the lungs. Sometimes, the heart is behind it all. Patients frequently ask doctors like Dr. Gulshan Rohra, “Does my heart beat faster during an asthma attack?”… Continue reading Does Heart Rate Increase Asthma? Understanding Cardiac Asthma and Congestive Heart Failure
Heart Blockages: When Bike Routes Need New Lanes
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
Shortness of Breath on Simple Stairs? Your Heart May Be Talking
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
“Acidity Hogi” vs. Your Heart: Knowing the Difference
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
Why Heart Surgery Is a Game of Angles, Not Heroics
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