Anticoagulants act by delaying the ability of blood to form clots. Doctors commonly refer to them as ‘blood thinners’ however strictly speaking they don't thin the blood but merely reduce the ability for the blood to clot. Commonly used anticoagulants which can be taken orally include Warfarin and the NOACs. There is an anticoagulant which can be used as an injection called Heparin but it is impra [...]
Angina is a fancy term for a symptom of chest discomfort (rather than necessarily pain) which comes from the heart. This means that if a patient has no symptoms then they don’t have angina. In its severest form angina can lead to a heart attack. Angina is caused because the supply of blood does not quite meet the requirements of the heart muscle and therefore the heart muscle does not get as much [...]
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Breathlessness is a very common symptom and may be caused by underlying heart disease. Apart from heart disease, breathlessness can be caused by several other conditions. These include being unfit, being overweight, and even just getting older. Other important causes include anemia and lung disease. In this article, I will discuss how you can work out if the breathlessness could be caused by unde [...]
My most viewed video on youtube to date has been on the benefits of Magnesium on our overall health. In this blog, I summarise the most useful points from that video. 1) The majority of chronic illnesses are driven by chronic inflammation. With regards to the heart, atherosclerosis (hardening of our blood vessels) is the process that eventually leads to heart attacks and this is caused by chron [...]
Patients who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) and who are above the age of 65 or have co-morbidities such as high blood pressure, Diabetes, heart failure or vascular disease have a 5-fold higher risk of suffering strokes. A significant proportion of the strokes are believed to be as a consequence of blood clots which have formed within the heart and then been dislodged and travell [...]
Introduction Patients who suffer from AF and who are above the age of 65 years or have additional comorbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure and vascular disease have a much higher risk of suffering a stroke and it is for this reason they are prescribed anticoagulants. For several years, the only available oral anticoagulant which was proven to reduce strokes in such patien [...]
For patients with AF, flying can be a daunting prospect. Firstly, provided your AF is well controlled and you are not extremely symptomatic, there is no reason why you can’t fly. The following tips may help you have a worry-free trip. You should declare your AF to your travel insurer and consider buying specialist AF travel cover. It is important to take all the medications that you need and keep [...]
It is always advisable to look on the DVLA website (www.direct.gov.uk/driverhealth) to get the most up to date guidance on driving if you have AF. At the time of writing this book, the guidance is as follows: If you hold an ordinary licence, and your heart rate is well controlled, then you can drive. However if you are having bad symptoms at the wheel then it is recommended that you do not drive, [...]
Patients with AF may experience sexual problems for 3 main reasons: Anxiety about whether they may be harming their heart or risking making their AF worse. Co-morbidities such as Diabetes, hypertension and vascular disease can cause erectile dysfunction in men Medications used in AF such as betablockers can also cause erectile dysfunction in men There is no evidence or good reason why patients wit [...]
Dr Sanjay Gupta, 45, has amassed 1.5 million hits and built up 20,000 subscribers on the video sharing site after setting it up three years ago to share vital information about having a healthy heart. The consultant cardiologist at York Hospital has used his York Cardiology channel to talk about some of the most common conditions many experience, including heart palpitations, ectopic heart beats a [...]
A GROUND-BREAKING programme to help people transform their unhealthy lifestyles has been set up by four concerned health professionals. Dr Smale has set up the unique project alongside three other experts in their fields. They include Dr Sanjay Gupta, a cardiologist at York Hospital, dietician Annette Cockfield and exercise professional Tom Linnish. Read More: The York Press [...]
In his day-to-day life, Dr Sanjay Gupta, 42, is a consultant cardiologist at York Hospital, but in his own time is a keen photographer - a talent he developed at night school while learning advanced cardiac imaging at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. He has won the prestigious National Geographic traveller photographer of the year accolade and in a year ago he was a finalist in the Wanderlus [...]
In his day-to-day life, Dr Sanjay Gupta, 41, is a consultant cardiologist. But in his spare time he turns his hand to photography - a talent he developed at night school while learning advanced cardiac imaging at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. A former winner of a National Geographic Traveller Photographer of the Year award, Sanjay’s remarkable pictures of pilgrims at Kumbh Mela festival i [...]
