Conference on cardiovascular diseases

Facts Foundation and Citizens Hospitals, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, USA, is hosting a conference, Cardio Vascular Update, at Trident Hotel, Madhapur, till Sunday. The Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Indian outfits for the first time to conduct the academic programme.

The main theme of the conference is on the treatment modalities to be adopted for patients suffering from various cardiac ailments with evidence based medical practices. Case-based discussions will be followed by framing of conclusive guidelines for treatment of various disorders like acute heart attacks, heart failures, syncope, cardiac arrhythmias, etc.

Dr Sreenivas Kumar of Citizens Hospital said, “The treatment modalities in our country are as good as in any advanced country, needing just the last mile fine tuning and an update like this can iron out such short comings. The rise in the incidence of heart disease in our country is alarming. Diabetes, which was a marginal ailment back in 1970s, is reaching deadly propositions, seriously affecting 30 per cent of the population and even more in the older age groups.

These lifestyle diseases coupled with unhealthy habits like smoking, stress, lack of exercise, improper diet have made more and more Indians prone to heart disease.” The conference is being attended by over 550 cardiologists and physicians from across the country. It has senior faculty interacting with the delegates, including David R Holmes Jr, Hari P Chaliki, Sudhir S Kushwaha, Robert L. Scott and others.