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More heart attack threat for younger persons
PTI
Friday, January 23, 2004
Bangalore - Indians were at a higher
risk of developing coronary artery
disease and had an increased chance
of a heart attack at a younger age, a
study by a Bangalore-based heart
institute said.
According to the findings of a study
conducted over a period of three
years in which 1,624 patients were
assessed, a proportionate increase in
patients with heart attacks was found
in the age group 45-55 during the
period, Dr Ranganath Nayak,
Interventional Cardiologist Wockhardt
Heart Institute, said.
Out of this (1,624 patients), 34 per
cent were women and the risk factors
were diabetes, hypertension, high
cholesterol, family history and
smoking, he told reporters here on
Friday.
The study highlights the need for
prevention in Indians and also the
need to change the "modifiable risk
factors like diabetes and smoking,"
he said.
"We have come across more incidence
of heart disease in Kerala and
Gujarat, which may be attributed to
the eating patterns," he said.
The Institute also conducted a study
on the new advancement of patients
undergoing angioplasty with drug
eluting stent and found that "out of
the 301 patients who have undergone
the procedure with the stent, less
than 1 per cent had recurrence of
block," Nayak said.
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