Women are more prone to cardiovascular ailment

ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (APP):Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Pakistan Institution of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr Syed Nasir Ali Sunday said that women are more prone to heart diseases due to presence of protected hormones against cardiac diseases.
Doctors ,due to increased number of heart patients, urge civil societies and media to play its due role and sensitize people to adopt healthy dietary habits and ensure daily exercise.
In an Interview with APP he urged the public to adopt the habit of pre-screening for cardiovascular disease to avoid the stents due to which citizens have to bear the heavy expenses.
The use of fast food, cold drinks, smoking, working in smoking environment and double jobs were major reason of cardiac and hypertension diseases, he added.
Responding to a question he said stents were needed to be deployed only when there persists 75 percent hindrance in the flow of blood to heart.
He also identified remedies through drug treatment and chemical therapy where stents can be avoided in some certain cases.
He negated that the doctors are installing stents unnecessarily to the patients for financial gains. “It is not a blind procedure as patient is being provided with recordings after surgery and it can be counter checked from other doctors,” he clarified.
On rumors about fake stents, he said, major beneficiaries of this negative campaign were quacks enticing patients toward drug treatment.
“Because without this procedure the patients have to take medicines for a long period of life” he added.
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) was live to the issue and banning substandard/unregistered stents sold in the market, he added.
He said a single stent costs Rs 100,000-1, 50,000 to entitled patients while private hospitals had their own packages.
“Patients must go through appropriate post surgery treatment including proper care and strictly following doctors’ prescriptions to avoid procedural flaws.