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Medical Preventive measures for Heart Attack

Heart problems do not occur all of a sudden. They take years to summon up. So we have time to reverse any wrong path we have taken in the health of our hearts. Through this presentation, I am providing information on how to keep a check on our hearts.

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Medical Preventive measures for Heart Attack

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  1. Medical Preventive measures forHeart Attack Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  2. What happens in heart attack Heart attack or myocardial infarction usually means one part of the heart is suddenly cut off from the blood supply which leads to improper beating of heart. Due to lack of blood supply, blood can not be effectively pumped by the heart. This causes serious trouble for heart to continue beating and it temporarily stops. This also leads to lose of consciousness within 2-4 minutes as not enough blood supply is there for brain to function properly And if brain does not gets adequate oxygen through blood for more than 5 minutes, it becomes nearly impossible to recover its proper functioning. After a while, if sudden treatment is not given other body parts may also begin to malfunction. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  3. Statistics • Out of average 17 million heart related deaths globally, 2.1 million people died in India because of heart related diseases in 2015. • Out of these 2.1 million deaths, 0.9 million are only because of heart attacks • According to a study, 40% Indians develop heart attack before the age of 55! Among which, 50% do not get any warning signal. • Risk of heart attack is marginally higher for rural population compared to urban population with men being twice as prone than women. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  4. Why heart attack happens • Heart attacks are primarily caused when one or more coronary arteries are narrowed or blocked. • This happens due to deposition of saturated fats, sugars, cigarette smoke, cholesterol etc. inside the walls of artery. • When fat content in blood vessels increases, it causes minor injury to the vessel walls. In an attempt to heal it, surrounding cells releases a sticky chemical which leads to fat and other minerals to start depositing on the wall surface. • Coronary arteries supply oxygen and energy to heart so that it continues functioning. Improper blood flow because of blockage suppress necessary supply of nutrients and power to keep the heart beating and eventually heart it takes a form of heart attack. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

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  6. What to do if heart attack happens • Take an aspirin: Taking a normal dose of aspirin (325 mg) helps sustaining the situation as it prevents the tendency of blood to clot. • Cough/Breathe heavily: Breathing deeply and then coughing may increase your blood pressure and thus, the chances that blood keeps going into the brain • Do CPR only when situation worsens: Appy CPR by compressing the chest in case heart stops beating or person becomes unconscious. It is to be done only by a trained CPR personnel. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  7. How to be prepared • The first answer obviously is to avoid a heart attack. • The second answer is at least not being unprepared. • The third one is if someone is married, have children, and is 35 years or older, please do buy at least 2 crore rupees of life insurance. • In case of the untimely death, at least the wife and the children would not feel so helpless • Also, please spend Rs 12,500 for 3 simple tests (all no-invasive) at the age of 35 and every 5 years afterwards • If all tests are normal, it will guarantee us free from the risk of getting a heart attack for the next 5 yearsto say the least. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  8. How to avoid a heart attack • Keep your cholesterol and fat under control. Modify your diet with healthy and clean food. • Control your alcohol consumption, smoking or any other drug consumption. • Keep your diabetes under control as high blood sugar may damage blood vessels or nerves that control heart • Do regular exercise: Exercising daily keeps your heart in active state and maintains cholesterol and blood pressure Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  9. First heart test: ECG or EKG • Most important fact about EKG is that we will not realize that it is like a fingerprint. Changes in EKG is unusual. • But, we have to understand the comparison between different EKGs is the single most important medical factor that helps us to focus on early changes • EKG can also tell us if we had a heart attack in the past. EKG is one way we can find out whether the issue of high blood pressure is latest or has been there for 15 to 20 years. EKG will clearly show this Visit our website: www.add15years.in

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  11. Second heart test: 2-D Echocardiogram • When the heart pumps, it pumps out the blood to the rest of the body. • But It does not pumps out complete blood, but about 70% of the blood. This 70% is called ejection fraction. • If our ejection fraction is 30%, we can not walk out of room without shortness of breath. And will actually meet the criteria for a heart transplant as well. • So, this test let us know what is our heart’s ejection fraction is. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

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  13. Third heart test: CT Angiogram • It takes time for heart diseases to get serious. So the good news is we have time to correct ourselves. • A 70% blocked artery is an invitation to heart attack, but it takes 15 to 20 years for our arteries to go from 20% to 70%. • This test is also a non-invasive one where we hang water and put color/dye in that water which then goes in the blood leading straight to the heart. • Then CAT scan takes quick pictures of the heart arteries filled with colored water. A software makes a three-dimensional image basis the pictures. If there is any blockage, we can clearly see it • If they smoothly fill up with the blood, meaning that there is no blockage. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

  14. Why these tests ?? • Again these test are non-invasive that is; NO CUTTING, NO WIRES INSIDE THE BODY FOR ANGIOGRAM • If all three tests are normal, which tells us different details about the heart, then we absolutely have no risk of getting a heart attack in at least five years. Literally, guaranteed! • When we repeat these 3 basic tests for the heart every five years, we can compare these tests with our heart’s health 5 years ago. If there are any changes, we can pay more attention and get more testing if required or take necessary steps to reverse those changes. Visit our website: www.add15years.in

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  16. Author: (Prof.) Dr S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family of doctors from AIIMS, MAMC & Delhi University MD Medicine, USA DM/Fellowship, USA Visit us at https://www.add15years.in/ Mail: contact@add15years.com Visit our website: www.add15years.in

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