In this episode Dr Sanjay Gupta discusses the different mechanisms why people have heart attacks and explains important ways by which people can do their best to avoid suffering a heart attack. My website is www.yorkcardiology.co.uk
This happened to my friend. He's in his early 40's, fit and trim, but ignored hereditary high blood pressure for years, went through a very stressful death of his wife, and eventually noticed he was having a difficult time exercising. The day of his appointment with the cardiologist, had a massive heart attack, and quadruple bypass, and has done enough damage to the heart muscle that it will not recover, so now he's in heart failure. Pay attention to the signs, pay attention to your blood pressure, but even better, start improving lifestyle now.
Yes, I have had a very damaging heart attack! I had an extremely clogged artery which could not be unclogged readily. I needed open heart surgery! That was 10 years ago and I recovered in a few short weeks and was able to return to work! I am now 78 and after a year of retirement I have returned to working part time...20-30 hours a week! They tell me I have only 65 percent of my heart remaining but I feel very well and seldom get even a cold! The amazing surgeon did a great job of using a mammary vein to replace what was needed! Wow!! I was 59 at the time of my heart attach! I feel so thankful!!
Mindset:A cheerful heart is good medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones(proverbs 17:22), no stress, excersise, healthy food, good and enough sleep all necessary to avoid heart attacks...Lord have mercy on all of us...thank you doctor for all this precious information! God bless you sir, great video👍👏👏
JM dl. check this out: www.jesusisprecious.org/bible/niv_sodomite.htm then go and buy yourself the bible that converted the world, the AKJV: Pr 17: 22 ( KJV) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
I've had a Cardiac Arrest , heart failure, and two heart attacks. During a heart attack I threw myself face down on the floor and rocked myself so that pressure was upon my chest as I moved. This because I was alone at the time was the only fail safe thing I could think of , but it DID work and I recovered . I told my doctor and he said that this method helped my heart to resume pumping the blood. This method has worked when ai a cafe, I told a friend to pump my back as I threw myself onto a concrete floor. In the same method as when I was alone at home. I recovered in a matter of minutes. I am now trying to drop the heart tablets I am on Candesarten, Digoxen, Verapamil and Exaralto I consider these tablets EXTREMELY RISKY ! I want to give them up but am advised not to by the medic, because I have ( they say ) Atrial fibrillation, and Arythmia. I would like some suggestions . I don't believe I need to live on all these horrible tablets for the rest of my life .
Out of 24 hrs i am facing shortnes of breath for like 12 hrs. My heart beat is also near 150 to 180. Sometimes 230. I am taking dilzem sr 90mg for heart. All after covid.
You need to keep Aspirin on you because that shit damages the heart. I'm still having heart problems a year after having it. Also watch out for strokes
Great video. I am 71 and had never exercised much. Started about 7 years ago. First brisk walking, then jogging, then slow running and nowadays 8 mph. No chest or arm pain. I am knock-kneed and can run up hill, but not downhill or very far on the flat, before I risk a fall. So I walk a 3.5 mile track, and run up each of 6 hills, making 900 m. in all, with 45 to 55 seconds per hill. Lots of panting. So HIIT, done 3 times a week. Initially wanted to lower BP, which worked well, I guess because of short-term NO release due to shear forces on the arterial wall. When an exercise level no longer had this effect, I moved to the next level up. Bought an oxy-meter (to diagnose Covid) but I can monitor pulse with it, pushing it on at the top of a hill. Despite the panting, pulse never exceeds 115. McCardle and Catch say no training effect below 80% VO2Max. Clearly THEY ARE WRONG. Before the pandemic, resting pulse was 54, putting me into the athletic band for my age. Nowadays it often drops to 50. Saw my GP: no sign heart murmur etc. I think the exercise must have: 1 Removed plaque. 2 Grown collatoral heart vessels. 3 Reduce inflammation. I do eat lots of asparagus and broccoli, or bagged salad when losing weight (13 lb this last summer). Eat pungent rosemary ala Acciaroli, steamed for 3 mins. on top of veg. This feels like magic.
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Good on you John...very impressive exercise regime and v impressive results, you mentioned "no sign of heart murmur" can I ask you to clarify point made above regarding 'grown collateral heart vessels' and 'no sign of heart murmer', did this mean that you previously had a heart murmur (usually caused by incomplete/faulty valve) and that somehow the exercise cured it by growing new heart vessels? Many thanks in advance for clarifying, I'm interested because I have a murmur caused by a mitral valve defect. Best wishes and continued good health to you.
Exercise causes inflammation, wear and tear of the heart by nature. Thats why you hate it. Vo2 max is simply measuring stress adaptedness. The higher your vo2 the more stressed your body is. Worthless unhealthy metrics.
I never smoked a single cigarette, never touched alcohol, avoided my drug addict friends but still I am suffering from palpitations. I won't write a huge story but whom ever is reading this I just want to share this message that even a regular 15 min exercise can save your life.
I've just started having palpitations like once every few minutes for 3 days it's so distressing ruins your life had an ecg and they said its fine but I also have crushing and squeezing in chest I don't understand how ecg is OK plus smoked cannabis for 15 years and stressed out my mind also heart will pound after the slightest activity how is ecg okay I don't think they are 100% because like the doctor says can be still pumping fine but partially blocked
The scary part about severe anxiety attacks is that it causes similar symptoms which causes a spike in BP, then the fear succumbs the mind.. it’s an awful feeling.
So scarey. I thought I was have stroke or hardest attack. I had a serious panic attack. I forsure thought it's my heart. My heart was so pumping so much I could taste the adrenaline in my mouth and " taste". It has a unique taste in my whole body as my heart surged and pumped so powerfully because I was dying in my head my brain sent crazy signals to heart and it was so scarey. This must be a heart attack , in dying right now I was very afraid to die. So scarey. This was my 1 and only panic attack and it's scariest feeling I have ever had.
@@Haychx it was a one time thing. I was confined in a Sheriff van in a cage , allmost 300 pounds they stuffed me into a narrow cage barely enough room to move at All. That was panic attack. Taste the adrenal gland send rush of hormones to brain. Very powerful stuff. I hope you dont experience any more. Doctors tries get me on pills Ativan or other Valium. No THANKS
@@monaelkhodary3691 you might get relief from propanol?? Meds / drugs are not wise idea , but can help temporary. Terrible feeling to be up and down BP
You are an angel. This will be my last pack of cigarettes. Thank you for helping so many people. Please come teach American doctors how to actually help people.
Doctors in the USA are not taught preventative measures to keep us well. They are taught to diagnose and write a prescription for a drug. A doctor can lose their license to practice medicine for giving natural over drugs. The doctors and drug companies do not want to put themselves out of business. Pfizer made 4.9 billion in profits on the new vaccine only, in the last 4 months.
This is a fantastic video. Thankyou so much. I had a sudden heart attack when I was 40. I was doing everything right. The doctor said after my angiogram there was nothing wrong. It turned out that it was STRESS!!!!!! I was working very hard and constantly worrying and not sleeping. I wish I had seen this video sooner. Thankyou Doctor. This is really brilliant advice.
Srinath NK Stress is the main culprit directly linked to heart attack. There are three stressors affecting everyone on this planet, they are Money Health Relationships We can judge the personality who manages these stressors
I keep reading that sleep is an important factor but I have never slept more then 5 hours nightly, how to improve this. I have two stents, high bp and Af.
We cannot see God with naked eyes but we can see him in people like you who are saving our life and providing such brilliant knowledge to save our life.
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God is not what u see in humans.. those human beings who are Honest and Helful like sanjay Sir are called good human beings but u cant call them god. God is Great he gives u heart attacks, he Always Give u life or death.. Everything we get Whether it is heart attack or A kidney disease or cure, all is from GOD
@@mariechristian353 EKG/ECG or perhaps stress test if you’re really worried. Either way ask your physician to refer you to a heart specialist if you’re feeling constant/worsening discomfort
Very informative, thank you doctor. Wish there was more doctors like you who would explain things and not just give medications without an explanation. You broke it down for people. Bless your heart doctor. Thank you!
I trust this doctor more than my primary care nurse practitioner I'm going to find a new doctor now to bad this one isn't nearby ur words r my thoughts exactly
CNN and gupta are such hatin trolls. trump says mexicans bring drugs and crime but he also immediately follows that up by saying some ARE good but sneaky CNN ALWAYS cuts that part out because it contradicts the false message they wanna put out there and when trump got his physical gupta was right there dam near interrogating the white house doctor asking him if he checked this and was he sure to check that all in an effort to attempt to show that trump ISN'T physically fit
Doctor, thank you. Your comments on the inflammatory effects of stress are particularly relevant to me and of great interest. Thank you for taking the time to post this video.
"Nutrition is neglected." Thank you, Dr. Gupta. Not many doctors even mention eating better, but there are several studies done that show eating a whole food, plant based diet can actually reverse heart disease. Your a real gem for all of us out here who want to learn, and follow up with these lifestyle changes. For me, it's regular exercise. So good to hear you talk about it all. It's inspiring. Thank you.
For me, plant based was so bad that the doctor wanted to wash out my blood - it was the highest my cholesterol had ever been. Carbohydrates CAN kill me. On Keto it halved my cholesterol but then... I do have FH.
@@chloe7seven22 what keto are you following, my Blood pressure is high so I immediately went to plant based diet, what Keto is working for you...I heard there is different Keto diets..... Thanks
@@chloe7seven22 everyone is different. I am not vegan or keto, but I try to eat more like the blue zones. Some carbohydrates are bad. I eat a little fish, mostly salmon and very very occasionally chicken, But I stick to organic Green‘s, olive oil, a little, and mostly whole grains like brown rice and sweet potatoes. I even eat a few eggs a week. All my symptoms are gone and my cholesterol is down. I used to be on a meat heavy diet in my childhood and now I can’t digest meat. I tried a lamb chop when I was traveling and I got very ill. It wasn’t the meat it was that my body couldn’t tolerate it anymore. I try to eat very small amounts of protein so I don’t get that reaction again. But I don’t crave meat anymore so it’s hard. Whatever works for you is fine. Aloha
You explain cardiology in a way that the average person can understand. Wish you were my doctor, but your helping even many more people by these videos!
Hi Doctor Sanjay Gupta. Always thought that understanding heart attacks or more colloquially "heart fail" is something very complicated.! But your 15 minutes lecture makes this topic look so simple and just about all that a patient needs to know. You are truly a boon and blessing to the all patients. Besides unlike most Doctors who are usually arrogant and haughty. Look forward to many more of your You Tube videos. Thanks Doctor. 🙏
Thanks a lot Dr.Sanjaya Gupta for your selfless effort to educate people to stay heart healthy...In India we pay a consultation fee of INR 700 in a super speciality private hospital but hardly gets 7 minutes to talk or interact with the learned doctor...people of India in metro city experience this let alone the remote village dwellers. Thank you so much again for this service to humanity every where via internet..Best regards.
Dr Gupta I admire the clarity with which you described the whole thing. You're doing a wonderful job of educating the people about their cardiovascular health.
that video was pretty dam strait forward an strait to the point an so real that u scared the crap out of me in to protecting how i take care of my self.
Dr. Sanjay, I thank you profusely for all your videos, they are worth their words in gold! I went to the hospital myself with a heartbeat of 120 bpm thinking I was about to have heart attack, yet with your formula, it was not really a problem as it was just temporary, I am 78 years old and the formula says I can have 142 heart rate max and I will have no severe problems at temporary time. Your videos are absolutely amazing sir!
I found your videos, quite inadvertently, some time ago, and what a delight it has been. They are informative, easy to understand, and not alarming. You inform us on the root of the problem and what to do. I live in the USA where the approach to medicine is primarily filling the patient with prescription drugs; treating symptoms rather than cause. Thanks for the time and effort you put into making these videos. I really appreciate it. Watching them has become a pastime for me; and one well spent. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for explaining and educating me! For example, I never would have thought that statins could be anti-inflammatory! I wish our doctors had time to help us understand more about our body and what is causing our problems! After listening to you I'm motivated to take the recommended action . You are AWESOME!
My wife's 42yr old cousin fit guy played sports and had a young family, he gave blood and that evening he died of a massive heart attack, he never had heart problems and no family history of heart problems, they said it was an aneurysm. My father died of a heart attack at 48, I am virtually vegetarian now and have been for many years but I do have problem with cerebral ischemia really from stress, I no longer have stress also! You do some fantastic video and they are very enlightening especially for those of us who simply don't know. Thank you.
Doctor, I can't be more grateful to you for your time in making these videos to provide us with important info. Indeed, God not only give you a beautiful face but also a big heart from which we are blessed by your generosity. God bless you.
@@YorkCardiology hi doctor i had a moniter on to check my heart now i am having a heart scan and they want to put a pacemaker in me i do not like this idea as i do not get any pains ect only a bit of bad breathing sometimes and tiredness i read about magnesium mounths ago and bought some but never took it right 2 days ago i started taking magnesium and i felt little tingles in my heart and after 2 days i have much more energymwhat do you think i am 68 a lot overweight type 2 diabetic dont smoke,now anything you say is completely between you and i will not hold you in any way as i do not fancy a pacemaker when the magnesium can correct the heart thank you in advance
My beautiful best friend just died last week of a heart attack. She was only 38. Not heavy. She had a lot of stress in her life. It must have affected her heart. I really miss her and I wish she was still here.
I can safely say that if I did decide to have a heart attack, I would make sure I had a ticket from London to York in my pocket so that I can see this excellent doctor. His calm manner and unflappable ways would suit me well. I have said before... he would make an excellent teaching professor... his powers of communication are outstanding. And also he is very posh, which I like.
Sanjay I love your voice! You speak with such clarity and in a way that we can understand. Our hearts of course are central to life and our well being and anything we can do to look after our hearts and health better is so valuable. So I am glad I found your channel and will be looking out for all your videos in future.
You are a beautiful soul taking the time out of your busy schedule to educate people who you don't even know, Dr may God continue to bless you in abundance and protect your beautiful heart.
Many thanks Dr. Gupta, for sharing your vast knowledge in such layman's terms so we can understand these complex matters. You're really a blessing and an amazing human being. May you be blessed in abundance.🙏
Excellent, Dr Sanjay. Very helpful. Key is to tackle inflammation at its root with modifiable life behaviours/habits, healthy mindset, meaningful relationships, need based medication n leave the rest in God's good hands
Thank you for your advice I just had a heart episode and everything you said makes so much sense and I need to change a few things in my life thank you again Benn Mandel
Dr Sanjay, as someone who underwent successful cardiac artery bypass a couple of years ago, I want to thank you with all my heart (no pun intended) for your brilliantly lucid, informative and empathetic talks. I would add that listening to you is highly motivational in terms of lifestyle changes, precisely because you are so understated and modest. Thank you.
Dr. Thank you soo much for explaining, people can really change their lives after listening to your lectures, it gives soo much in-depth knowledge. May God Bless You
This was so helpful. Thank you for sharing! It's fun listening and learning from someone who is so passionate! I'm a healthy 29 year old female....on day 4 of having premature heartbeat and palpitations after an episode of extreme chest pain....followed by my left arm 'falling asleep'. My father was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia at 52..... I'm getting a 48 hour monitor tomorrow!
Thank and god bless you for the caring soul you have. You are amazing at explaining everything in a way it is easy to follow with detailed information. Thank you so much for this video. Please keep up the good work and videos coming. Thumbs up to this video! I just subscribed to your channel!!!! Hope to see more and more great videos like this. Take care!
Very good explanation and very well illustrated doctor; I am impressed by your simplicity and vast knowledge in a way which even a layman can understand.
Thank you from the United States. You are very informative, I am very thankful I found your channel. You put positive energy into the world 🌎 Your video on high blood pressure was very helpful. We should Eat healthy foods, sit less, and move more. Start each day with a graceful heart. Doctor Gupta, may your blessing be many.
You are an amazing and excellent person. Thanks for helping millions of people. As we heard so many times, it again boiled down to following. 1) Regular Exercises 2) Enough sleep 3) Nutrition food 4) Happy mind 5) Quitting the bad habits like (smoking, taking junk foods (instead taking fresh fruits and vegetables), staying awake late nights which leads to less sleep)
Thank you for explaining what most of us never really hear or understand when we do hear it. So many important points here that are obvious when you put this all together. I've never heard before that the reasons statins are so powerful is that they are anti-inflammatory ... only that they were helpful to lower cholesterol. It seems like there is an industry of putting out disinformation so that we don't know what the hell is going on and it undermines our ability to act correctly or question the systems in our lives. Why do we put up with this?
It's amazing- the more I watch your videos, the smarter you get ! But seriously, great video content and presentation. I will take your advice to heart and I hope it will extend my health and life.
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful videos! I am so grateful that you take the time to make these blogs! You are saving so many people from years of stress and pain. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you Doctor...very vital information. Sadly, my dad and three brothers had fatal massive heart attacks.This video has been very helpful thank you so much God Bless!
God bless you for all your sincere efforts and time to provide excellent information on issues that affect all of us. God bless you with happiness, contentment and good health. World needs people like you.
