India, Oct. 12 -- Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and that has not changed. What has changed dramatically is how cardiologists find and treat it. Doctors don't just find heart problems. They also assess risk, plan treatment, and track recovery. Today, many teams are seeking precision to select the right patients and achieve good results with less stress on the body. For most of medicine's history, the only way to study the heart closely was to open the chest. Imaging has changed that.

"Together they show anatomy in far greater detail and can reveal disease before any procedure begins" Cardiologist Dr Joy Shome at BM Birla Heart Hospital tells Health Shots. Valve disease guidelines reflect this, treating multim...