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Heart attack or heart diseases are no joke. People die with them. Good news is heart problems take years to manifest and the bad news is that body shows symptoms when it is very late. In this presentation I am explaining heart tests through which we can keep a check on our heart and can overturn any future wrong happenings. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Medical Preventive measures for Heart Attack


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Medical Preventive measures forHeart Attack
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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 hearts
    ejection fraction is.

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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.

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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 hearts 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.

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Author (Prof.) Dr S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family
of doctors from AIIMS, MAMC Delhi University MD
Medicine, USA DM/Fellowship, USA
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