By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 01st
April, 2019:- Of the estimated population of more
than 1.30 billion in India, about 45 million people suffer from heart ailments
(coronary artery disease),
which will result in the country getting odd distinction of having highest
number of cases of cardiovascular disease in
the world, said renowned interventional cardiologist Dr H K Bali, Chairman
Cardiac Sciences, PARAS Superspecialty Hospital Panchkula.
Dr H K Bali was interacting with
media persons at the press meet held to detail about Panchkula's first center
of Excellence for Cardiac Sciences along with Dr Rana Sandeep Singh Director
CTVS, Dr Sanjib Rawat Attending Consultant CTVS, Dr Mahaesh Garg Sr.
Consultant Cardiology and Dr Priyanka Gupta, Consultant Cardiac Anesthesia from
Paras Super Specialty Hospital, Panchkula.
Warning that India may turn into
world capital of coronary artery diseases, Dr Bali said heart disease has
escalated among the younger generation with a significant risk in both males
and females. Number of young Indians are suffering from coronary artery
disease, owing to their poor lifestyle, and if this continues the future looks
even more dangerous. Sharing his experiences of more than 30 years
in cardiology with 15000 cardiac interventions, he added that till a decade
ago, the doctors hardly came across young patients with heart problems.
He said that Now, we get many cases where people in the 25-35 age group are
diagnosed with heart disease.
Talking about the global
scene in this context he added that in India heart diseases related deaths have
risen by 34 % in last 26 years on contrary the death rate due to cardiovascular
rate has declined significantly by 41 % in US from 1990 to 2016.
Sharing about the cardiac health
facilities available at Paras Super specialty Panchukula to help
people live healthy, he said that the center will be a center of Excellence for
Cardiac Sciences since all the facilities like Primary Angioplasty, Complex
Angioplasties, Biventricular Pacemakers ( CRT), Combo Devices, ICDs, Carotid
Artery Stenting, Peripheral Artery and below knee interventions, Management of
Aortic Dissections and Aortic Aneurysms would be available under one roof.
Dr. H K Bali also apprised the
Cardiac ICUs in Paras are best in North India, the Hospital has most advanced
Flat panel Cath Labs, 3 Tesla MRI , 128 slice CT scan , as many patients have
Co morbid conditions and the diagnostic Machines available in Paras Super
Specialty Hospital are best in world.
Highlighting the
facilities available in the field of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Dept
, Dr Rana Sandeep Singh said that facilities of Coronary Artery By Pass
Surgery, ASD,VSD (Hole in hear) , Valve replacement surgeries, Aortic Surgery,
Pediatric and Neonatal open and closed heart surgeries, Minimally invasive
Cardiac Surgery, Lung& Thoracic Surgery for Lung Tumor removal, Empyema,
Mediastinal masses are now available at PARAS superspeciality Hospital
Panchkula.,
Dr Rana Sandeep Singh said that in
India 3,00,000 children are born with heart defects every year. But due to very
limited facilities available in Pead Cardiac Surgeries and Intervention, more
that 50 percent of them are deprived of timely cardiac interventions.
He also highlighted that recent advances in cardiovascular diagnostics and
therapeutics have increased survival of infants and children with CHDs. Unfortunately,
access to quality care for children with Congenital Heart disease is available
only in big cities and very few hospitals in this part of country are
offering these surgeries.
He added that the warning
signs of Congenital Heart Disease in infants and children may include a heart
murmur or abnormal heart sound, cyanosis (a bluish tint to the skin,
fingernails and/or lips), fast breathing, poor feeding, poor weight gain, an
inability to do activities and excessive sweating.
