Whooshing, swishing, or other murmuring noises might be caused by turbulent blood flow in the heart. A stethoscope is used to listen to these noises. Whenever your heart valves close, you’ll hear a pair of sounds that sound something like “lubb-dupp” in between beats. Congenital heart murmurs are evident at birth, but acquired murmurs […]

  Blood clots in the heart are a potential complication of atrial fibrillation, an arrhythmia characterized by an erratic and, at times, extremely fast heartbeat. It increases the risk of cerebrovascular disease, cardiac problems, and other cardiovascular complications. The Best Cardiology Brooklyn can help you with the evaluation and assessment if you have this condition. […]

  Blood clotting serves a useful purpose under normal conditions. To stop bleeding after an injury, the body creates a blood clot. When the wound has healed, the clot is naturally dismantled and expelled. The problem is that this procedure doesn’t always work. Just so many blood clots can be a problem, and some persons […]

The heart requires oxygen and nutrients in order to pump blood to the other parts of the body. To do this, it, like other organs, contains a network of blood channels known as coronaries that provide oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood to heart muscle cells. When these coronary arteries become blocked for any cause, no blood […]