Better technology and training ensures that very few people are advised for bypass surgery in western countries than in India, said Vice Director and Head of Cardiovascular Department at Matsubara Tokushukai Hospital, Japan, Dr Kenji Kawajiri while speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday.
He informed that only 3 per cent patients are advised bypass surgery in the western countires and Japan, while in India this percentage is as high as 30. Dr Kawajiri who is in the city to attend a two day workshop on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) a condition where a hardened 100 percent block in the coronary artery is formed said that cardiac diseases pose a great risk fora developing country like India.
He added that it is believed that by the year 2025, India will be the Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVD) capital of the world with over 69.8 million cases. lifestyle irregularities are to blame for this drastic increase in disease incidence, he said. The Japanese cardiac expert said that CTO patients are traditionallyadvised bypass surgery however, an advancement of technology has made it possible to avoid a bypass surgery by opening up the artery through a CTO angioplasty.
The Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Fortis Escort Hospital Dehradun Dr. Yogendra Singh, said now it is no longer surprising to find patients as young as in their early thirties, suffering from some or the other cardiovascular ailments. He said that early addiction to tobacco, a sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits and high stress levels are to blame for this worrying condition. “In fact, almost 30 percent of my patients are less than 40 years of age. Overall the incidence of heart disease has doubled inUttrakhand in the past decade and there is an urgent need to raise awareness about making lifestyle modifications necessary for the reversal of this trend”, he quipped. Dr Singh added that
Japan is the world leader in the expertise needed to treat patients suffering from CTO. In the workshop the duo of Japanese and Indian cardiologist are expected to performing angioplasty on ten patients of CTO.