alert! These common symptoms may be signs of heart disease

 There are more than 330 million people suffering from cardiovascular disease, and the death rate from cardiovascular disease ranks first. But for a long time, many people don't know much about this disease. The doctor reminded that some common symptoms may be precursors to heart disease, so we must pay attention to them.

Grandma Zhang from Hefei, Anhui Province, began to feel dizzy about half a year ago. Upon examination, it turned out that there was a problem with the heart valve. The doctor diagnosed aortic valve stenosis with insufficiency. She is at risk of sudden death at any time and must undergo surgery. But she is 79 years old, and her family is very worried that the risk of traditional open chest surgery is too high. The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital uses a new "no operation" valve replacement technology for the treatment of such patients, which greatly reduces the risk.

Wang Dongjin, director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, said: “Traditional valve surgery requires general anesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient will suffer a greater blow from this type of surgery. An interventional catheter sends the valve to the position of the aortic valve and stretches the original aortic valve to release the valve. In this way, it replaces the traditional thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement, which greatly reduces the patient’s trauma ."

According to experts, compared with traditional thoracotomy, the interventional aortic valve replacement technique is less traumatic and quick to recover. It is specifically designed for elderly, complicated and severe high-risk patients with valvular disease who cannot tolerate surgical thoracotomy. On May 14, Nanjing Gulou Hospital performed minimally invasive valve intervention for three elderly people at the same time. At present, the patients are recovering smoothly. The doctor reminded that in addition to chest tightness and chest pain, there are some symptoms that are not noticed by others, which may be a precursor to heart disease.

Congestion of the systemic circulation, such as bloated stomach, swollen legs, inability to eat, or congestion of pulmonary circulation. If the blood in the lungs can't come back, we will be short of breath. If the heart can't beat out the blood, we will panic. Therefore, many of us are flustered and short of breath. For many years, we have thought that it is a lung problem, but in fact, many times it is a heart failure. Therefore, after the age of 50, you must do a cardiac color Doppler ultrasound.