CM to inaugurate workshop on cardiology

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 10. An international cardiology workshop, being organised by the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) as part of its 53rd conference here, will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, here on December 7.

Nearly 4,000 cardiologists from all over the country and abroad will attend the workshop focussed on interventional cardiology. The rapid strides made in the realm of interventional cardiology -- from plain balloon angioplasty to stenting, echo-cardiography and other sub-specialities in cardiology would be discussed at the four-day workshop.

A heart-run is being organised by the CSI on the eve of the conference from Necklace Road to Ravindra Bharathi where a public debate will take place on heart and health diet, the organising secretary of the conference, Dr. Krishnam Raju, told reporters on Saturday.

The annual CSI meeting is being held in Hyderabad for the fourth time since the formation of the society. International faculty from the U.S., the U.K., France, Italy, Australia. China and other Asian countries would share their experience with Indian cardiologists on the latest techniques of heart care.

The meet assumes significance in the wake of the alarming rise in the incidence of heart diseases due to change in the lifestyles and dietary habits, stress and other factors. About 10 per cent of the urban population is suffering from heart ailments, a study revealed.

The thrust areas of the workshop were explained by Dr. P. Raghavaraju, Dr. Sastry, Dr. C. Narasimhan, Dr. N. Krishna Reddy, consultant cardiologists of CARE Hospital, which boasts of one of the largest cardiology groups in the country.

The hospital is organising a live workshop on interventional cardiology as part of the conference. During the workshop, it is also subsidising the procedures for the poor and needy patients, Dr. B. Soma Raju, Chairman of the hospital, said.

Prevention of the heart disease, cost effective strategies to make the diagnostic services and treatment of heart ailments affordable would also figure in the deliberations.

Dr. Soma Raju said the procedures for heart care in India were thoroughly underutilised. As against four lakh bypass angioplasties conducted annually in America, India accounted for only 20,000 angioplasties last year. More than four lakh bypass surgeries were conducted in the U.S. compared to 45,000 in India. The cost effective treatment strategies therefore assumed importance, he explained.

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