Dr Anbarasu Mohanraj - Heart Surgery

Heart Healthy Diet The commonest anxiety among heart patients is what sort of diet to be followed. The internet is flooded with lots of information, both authentic and unauthentic. To add to the menace is the info from forwarded Social Media messages which our general public believe with so much of authenticity. Indians are a predominant vegetarian society, I don't mean the vegetarians lone, even the so call Non-vegetarians consume less than 250 grams of meat in a week sparing a few families. The issue is further complicated by the fact that Indian diet - be it South or North Indian diet, is carbohydrate rich diet. What should be the ideal diet composition? A balanced Diet should have about 45-55% carbohydrates, 10-35% proteins, 20-35% fats and enough micronutrients and vitamins. An average Indian diet has 60-70% carbohydrates. The problem with a Carbohydrate rich diet is that it makes people obese, central obesity with a high incidence of Diabetes and in fact Insulin resistant Dia...

  Aortic Dissection Aortic Dissection is a life threatening emergency condition where a tear happens within the layers of the great blood vessels which arises from the heart - The Aorta. If not properly diagnosed within the first few hours, the patient usually succumbs to the disease. The risk to life (mortality rate) is 21% in 24 hrs, 38% in 48 hrs, 62% in 7 days and 74% in 14 days . That means, if a proper diagnosis is not established and treated properly, 1in 5 patient doesn't survive in the first 24 hours, one in three patients succumbs in two days, 2 out of 3 patients within one week. Once an Aortic Dissection occurs, its like a ticking time-bomb. The symptoms of an Acute Aortic Dissection is severe chest pain spreading to the back. The severity of the chest pain is more than a Heart Attack (Myocardia Infarction). Some patients may develop associated breathing difficulty. The onset of symptoms may be severe and quite progressive. Some people may develop abdominal pai...