September 2026

Most people use “heart attack” and “cardiac arrest” as if they’re the same thing. They’re not. And the confusion isn’t harmless — in a real emergency, mixing them up can waste time nobody has to spare. One is about blocked blood flow. The other is an electrical failure. Different causes, different symptoms, different response. Any

“But no one in my family has heart problems.” I often hear this statement or variations of it. People usually say this with a sense of relief, as if the fact settles the matter once and for all. In reality, however, the situation is quite different. Any cardiologist in Gwalior who’s been in practice a