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HYDERABAD: Even as 18 million patients in India suffer from condition of heart failure, there is no awareness to recognise symptoms and seek medical help, said Dr. C. Narasimhan, Director, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology Services, CARE Hospital. Addressing a media conference here on Saturday in connection with the ‘Heart Failure Rescue Summit 2009’ organised in the city, Dr. Narasimhan said that the summit attended by national and international experts would focus on recent therapies and the need to identify relevant therapy to suit a patient’s condition. Stating that heart failure condition is different from heart attack, he described heart failure as inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain adequate circulation in the body. A progressive disease, it would gradually accompanied by errant impulses and accelerated rhythms that affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. Dr. Narasimhan said Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) or an implant procedure would offer new hope for patients with moderate to severe heart failure as it ‘resynchronises heart contractions’. CRT was a safe and an affordable alternative for heart transplant when done at the right time, he said. Dr. Harikrishna Tandri from the John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore said creating awareness about symptoms among people and suitable and latest therapies among physicians was a way to prevent deaths due to sudden cardiac arrest induced by heart failure. Balanced diet, exercise and reducing stress are some measures for a healthy heart, they said. Shortness of breath even during a routine activity, swelling in the feet, inability to lie straight on bed, frequent urination at night, swollen abdomen, fainting, loss of appetite were some common symptoms of heart failure.
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