In this video, I try to explain cardiomyopathy, the different types, the way we pick them up, what we know about them and what we don't know about them. My name is Sanjay Gupta and I am a cardiologist in the UK. My facebook ID is "@yorkcardiologist" and my website is www.drsanjayguptacardiologist.com. My Instagram is YORKCARDIOLOGY. [...]

Chest pain is a very worrying symptom but there are certain pointers that can help work out whether the pain is indeed coming from the heart or not. Disclaimer: If you get a prolonged episode of chest pain you should always get medical help urgently. Please join my WhatsApp broadcast list for more such videos. [...]

An Afib attack can occur out of the blue and cause a great deal of distress and discomfort. Unfortunately, there is not much info out there on whether it is possible to self-terminate an Afib attack. In this video, I discuss techniques people with Afib have used to successfully terminate an Afib attack [...]

n this video, I show you how to interpret your own Kardia recordings. The Kardia app allows people to record a single-lead ECG on their smartphone and is FDA approved for the detection of AF. Unfortunately, it can also cause people a tonne of anxiety because they don't know how to interpret the results. It can be bought on Amazon - here is the link: https://amzn.to/2zfgdtL [...]

Today I want to talk about a poorly condition called POTS which causes a lot of young patients (children and women mainly between the ages of 14-45) a lot of debilitating symptoms and distress and because POTS is a relatively newly recognised condition, many doctors don’t know very much about it and attribute symptoms to anxiety or psychological issues and therefore the poor patient’s distress is [...]

In this video I discuss a study published by Murray et al in 2016 which looked at a new medication which showed a substantial reduction in ectopic heartbeats. Please consider joining my WhatsApp broadcasts and my facebook page. Also, consider subscribing to my channel. [...]

Having spent almost 28 years in Medicine, I have come to the following conclusions: I believe that the healthcare industry rarely ever provides healthcare. Instead, it provides disease management by using expensive and potentially harmful pills to mask symptoms. Secondly I believe people come to see doctors to be engaged, educated and empowered rather than being given a set of pills before being s [...]

The LEGACY trial showed that people with a BMI of more than 27 could reduce the frequency of their AF episodes by 6 fold if they attempted to lose more than10% of their body weight. [...]

My name is Sanjay Gupta and i am a cardiologist in York and today’s video is on Atrial fibrillation [...]

A lot of people who have undergone an ablation for Atrial fibrillation complain of more ectopic heartbeats. In this video, I discuss the mechanism. Please consider subscribing and sharing. I am also on Instagram as yorkcardiology and I have a Facebook page ("@yorkcardiologist"). [...]

In this video Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the likelihood of Afib progressing from paroxysmal or intermittent to persistent and permanent. Please consider sharing and subscribing. Instagram ID: yorkcardiology. [...]

In this video, I try and explain why blood pressures are not as important as a person's general health status. I discuss how 2 people with the same blood pressure numbers can have completely different risks depending on their age and the presence of comorbidities.     [...]

My thought for a lifetime on BBC Humberside. I did not write this myself but found it online and it resonated with me. Visit www.hearthealthweekend.com [...]

The benefits of life-prolonging medications are greatly exaggerated by the media and big pharma. In this video, I talk about supposed life-prolonging medications and how to make sense of what is worth taking and what is not worth taking. For a free consult with me please visit www.hearthealthweekend.com [...]

In this video, I talk about the only 2 reasons why we should take any medication and how we can use this information to make sense of which medications we should take and which we don't need. [...]

Can patients who are on anticoagulants have acupuncture? Find out in this video. For a free one to one consultation with me, please register on www.hearthealthweekend.com [...]

I have never met a patient who complained that they were not taking enough pills! In this series I will talk about why and what to do about the excessive number of pills we are being given by the healthcare industry. for a free consult, visit www.hearthealthweekend.com [...]