Shuchita Gupta

Aug 9, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Shuchita Gupta |Peter Ubel |Rosalind Kaplan |Joshua W. Elder

As I drive to work and back, my eyes are on the ambient temperature reading in my car—it has been creeping up every day. I routinely listen to NPR, and extreme heat in various parts of the world comes up in daily discussions. As a heart failure cardiologist in the clinic, I routinely ask my patients about their activity levels. Most of them complain about the heat and how it impacts their activity, making them feel short of breath.