Patient Education

Basic understanding of Heart functioning , Heart Attack , Living with Heart Failure and Diet

HEART FUNCTIONING

Heart and its function

Learn how the heart works

Heart is basically a pump which pumps blood to all parts of our body. It works all day along. Heart having the size of our fist is located between the two lungs nearly in the middle of the chest, towards the left side and weighs about 250-300 grams. The heart beats more than 100000 times a day, pumping more than 350 liters of blood every hour into a 90000 km longblood vessel network.

HEART FAILURE

Living with Heart failure

What is heart failure

In India cardiovascular diseases which include heart failure and heart attack contribute maximum to the mortality burden. Patients who have had heart attack are more likely to prone to develop heart failure. Therefore utmost care must be taken to prevent a second heart attack.

HEALTHY DIET

Diet in Heart Failure

Food and Nutrition

Healthy eating is a pattern. It's about how you eat over days, weeks and even months. The simple steps in this guide show you how to eat a diet that's naturally low in salt, sugar and saturated and trans fats.

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