As someone who performs cardiac imaging for a living, this is something I see that many people never hear about until it shows up on a test. According to statistics from the American Heart Association, of the estimated 805,000 heart attacks each year in the U.S., about 170,000 are silent heart attacks. No dramatic chest pain. No obvious warning. No memory of “having a heart attack.” Sometimes we find the evidence later on an echocardiogram — wall motion abnormalities, changes

Alcohol and your heart — this is something more people need to understand. ❤️‍🩹 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a real and preventable form of heart disease caused by chronic alcohol exposure that weakens the heart muscle and reduces its ability to pump blood effectively. In this video, I break down: • How alcohol directly damages heart muscle cells • Early warning signs most people ignore • Why this condition often goes undiagnosed until it’s advanced • What happens on echocar