WORLD HEART DAY : Use Heart to beat Cardiovascular Disease
Department of Cardiology held a webinar/seminar
The Department of Cardiology held a webinar/seminar on the occasion of World Heart Day. The theme for this year’s World Heart Day is” use Heart to beat Cardiovascular disease”. This has two meanings one for the doctor community to treat patients with compassion and empathy and secondly for the patients it means that they should do physical activity which will increase heart rate and thus decreasing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
World Heart Day is the largest event on earth for creating awareness in the public regarding cardiovascular disease but this is the first time when this event is happening in the times of pandemic. World heart day was started in the year 1999 by the World Heart Federation and since then every 29 September it is celebrated all over the globe. Also, the achievements and future perspective of the department of cardiology was discussed.
In the seminar held in the department, it was attended by eminent cardiologists from all over the country from Delhi, Shimla, Chennai, Amritsar and other places. Preventive aspects of cardiovascular diseases were discussed. The management of acute coronary syndrome both in the COVID and Pre COVID era was discussed and how we could achieve even comparable mortality in both these eras.
Use of compassion, innovation, integration and collaboration in the treatment of ACS patients has led to this remarkable achievement. Primordial and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease was discussed like diabetes, hypertension, avoidance of smoking, lack of physical activity, less intake of fruits and vegetables and stress at workplace and home was discussed and how to decrease the risk factors was discussed upon. Emphasis was given in the treatment of patients with ACS and comorbidities like sepsis and other lesser moribund diseases. The concept of endothelial dysfunction and slow flow, no flow in the coronary artery was discussed. The strategies given by us have been adopted across the globe.
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