An Echocardiogram (or cardiac ultrasound) is an ultrasound of the heart used to measures blood flow through the heart, heart valve structure, and heart wall function.
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common irregular heart rhythm. The American Heart Association estimates between three and six million Americans are living with the arrhythmia. It is difficult to get an exact number of people affected because it is possible to have AFib and not realize it. “Sometimes atrial fibrillation can be asymptomatic,” says McLaren Flint interventional cardiologist Dr. Hameem Changezi . AFib typically causes heart palpitations, a fluttering feeling, or the sensation...
August 31, 2023, started out as a normal day for 41-year-old Fenton resident Mike MacDonald, but it certainly did not end that way. “That morning, I dropped my youngest daughter off at kindergarten and stopped by my mother-in-law’s house to discuss something,” said Mike. “I didn’t quite feel right, and suddenly I had crippling pain like a gorilla was beating on my chest, it toppled me over. I texted my wife that I was having chest pains while my mother-in-law drove me to the McLaren Fenton emergency dep...
Although some symptoms are similar between men and women when experiencing a heart attack, there are also differences. It is important to familiarize yourself with the symptoms for both men and women so you may recognize them if you or someone else is experiencing a heart attack. McLaren Flint cardiology specialists say both men and women are likely to share the following symptoms of a heart attack: pain or discomfort in the chest, shortness of breath, throat tightness, pain in the shoulders, neck...