Bangalore: Fortis
Hospital, Cunningham Road with an aim to provide the best & comprehensive
care in cardiac care, today
launched – “Fortis Heart Rhythm and Heart failure Centre” – One stop solution
for prevention and management of all heart rhythm disorders and heart failure
treatment.
Heart Rhythm and Heart failure centre is a very popular concept in the
West, while in India it still needs to be understood. Often people mistake
heart failure to be a heart attack. While, heart failure is a condition
where the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the
body's needs, heart attack is a sudden occurrence caused by blocked blood
supply to the heart muscle. Apart from this many patients suffering from heart
failure may also have an abnormality of the heart’s electrical system where the
heart beats in an uncoordinated manner. This further reduces the pumping
ability of the heart.
The incidence of Heart failure and heart rhythm problems is a rising
trend in India yet there is no awareness on the same. The best way to treat
such patients is through medical management, assisted devices and finally a
heart transplant.
“Having a history of 25 years Fortis Cunningham has witnessed some
India’s best cardiac milestones, which provides us the bandwidth to handle
heart failure cases with a comprehensive team of cardiologists, electro
physiologists, trained nurses and cardiac surgeons. Our motto is to improve
quality of life of our patients for which the Heart Rhythm and Heart Failure
Centre will act as a catalyst,” said, Dr Vivek Jawali, Chairman – Cardio
Vascular Sciences and Medical Advisory Council, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore.
According to an estimate, the incidence of heart failure in India is
about 10 to 20 / 1000 people over the age of 65years have heart failure due to
prevalence of coronary heart
disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and rheumatic heart disease. Recognizing
the symptoms and going to the experts makes a huge difference in the quality of
life of any person.
100 year old Sarojamma (name changed)
case is testimony to the same. A
few months ago, she suddenly started feeling uneasy, lost consciousness and even
her heart stopped beating for a few seconds but was revived. When taken to a
nearby hospital she was diagnosed with heart rhythm disorder. “The patient was referred to
Fortis Hospital, while her age was a challenge, her history of hypertension,
diabetes, and recent treatment on pneumonia, added to the complications.
After necessary investigations including ECG, we found that her heart rate was
very slow and she had major heart block. As her heartbeats were irregular, we
implanted a permanent pacemaker to get her heart rhythm back,” said Dr
Yashodha, Consultant Cardiologist – Fortis Hospital, Cunningham road.
The centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technology namely 3D
mapping , Radio Frequency Ablation(RFA),Electrophysiology Study(EPS),
Implantation & Pacemakers, Defibrillation(ICD), Biventricular
Pacemakers(CRT/CRT-D) and Loop Recorders(ILR) , Holter/event recorders, Head-up
Tilt Table Test, etc.
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