Our heart’s main function is to pump blood throughout our body, so what happens when the heart can’t pump blood as well as it should? Consultant cardiologist Dr Patrick Tiau from Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City sheds some light on what happens when the heart fails and why heart failure needs to be detected and treated early.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Tags:  coronary disease,  the bigger picture,  health and living,  sunwaymedicalcentre,  heart disease,  heart failure,  non-communicable diseases,  ncd,  diseases and conditions