The Heart Blog

Know Your Heart Blog by Dr. Keyur Parikh, an epic cardiologist in Ahmedabad at CIMS Hospital in Gujarat, India.

It goes round and round.

It goes round and round. If for any reason the ventricles are overloaded, gradually the heart will become weak. Ventricles push the blood and make it flow, but equally important are the heart valves, which allow blood flow in only the desired direction....

It goes round and round.

It goes round and round. The atria receive blood from all the parts of the body and the lungs and push it into the ventricles. The ventricles contract and push blood through the huge Aorta and pulmonary Artery and then through the whole body and the lungs...

Chambers of heart.

Chambers of heart. The heart can be compared to a four room apartment or house. An apartment has doors between rooms, so does the heart have valves. Just like doors, the valves open in a certain direction when blood flows through them. If the heart valves open in the...

Heart is a fancy electric pump!

Heart is a fancy electric pump! Made of a special type of muscle, the heart has the remarkable capacity of beating on its own. While other muscles depend on the brain for movements, the heart has its own electrical impulse generator, which makes the heart beat about...

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