"Youngsters with a poor lifestyle can suffer from critical heart blockage. Hence, it is crucial to get regular health checkups. There is a widespread notion that bypass surgeries are unsafe. However, this is untrue bypass surgeries are much safer than hernia and gallbladder surgeries which increases the longevity of the patient," Dr Dhir added.

Mumbai Mar 23 PTI Ten members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will retire in June and July this year including chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar and Leader of Opposition Pravin Darekar While MLC Ravindra Phatak will retire in June the term of the rest nine members will end in July All the ten members were given send-off on Wednesday as the ongoing Budget session will be their last session before retiring from the Upper House The MLCs who will retire include state industries minister Subhash Desai Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Rawate Sadabhau Khot Surjitsinh Thakur Vinayak Mete Prasad Lad and Sanjay Daund apart from Nimbalkar Darekar and Phatak The term of MLCs is six years Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar delivered a farewell speech in the council Senior MLCs from various parties also spoke Of the 10 members Nimbalkar and Daund belong to the Nationalist Congress Party NCP while Darekar Khot Thakur Mete and Lad are from BJP Rawate Desai and Phatak are from Shiv Sena The Maharashtra Legislative Council has 78 seats out of which 15 seats are currently vacant PTI ND NSK NSK

New Delhi Sep 23 PTI A 25-year-old man who weighed over a 100 kg and had suffered a heart attack was given a new lease of life after undergoing a surgery that involves a minimally invasive approach at a leading private facility here hospital authorities said on Thursday The patient was brought to Max hospital Saket in south Delhi after having suffered a heart attack and was diagnosed to have 99 per cent obstruction in his left anterior descending artery LAD doctors said Doctors opted to carry out radial angioplasty recently on him toopen the blocked coronary arteries and restore blood flow This was via the artery that supplies the blood to the hand from the heart Radial Angioplasty is a minimally invasive approach that allows experts to reach the heart via the radial artery in the wrist It requires clinical expertise and is considered safer than the femoral route since veins and arteries are not at risk of getting punctured and patient is also mobilised faster post the procedure the doctors said With early intervention and stent placement doctors were successfully able to manage his condition and stabilise the patient the hospital said in a statement Dr Viveka Kumar principal director and chief of Cath Labs Pan Max - Cardiac Sciences who led the case said In this particular case the procedure became vital since the patient was obese We chose radial angioplasty to minimise blood loss We also wanted early mobilisation since obese patients like him are at a high risk of complications Traditionally coronary angioplasty has been done through the femoral artery accessed from the patients groin However in this case the chances of complications and bleeding were higher While radial angioplasty is a clinically challenging procedure as the blocked artery is reached through narrower blood vessels in the hand this procedure is safer than the femoral route with lowered chances of puncture in major blood vessels he said Kumar added that in view of the patients young age he was implanted with an absorbable stent which will get absorbed in two years and the patient does not have to take blood thinners life-long In radial angioplasty procedure a wire is taken to the blocked coronary artery Then a balloon is inflated across the blockage to make appropriate space for the stent to be deployed as scaffolding to the artery and preventing further recurrence of blockage the statement said This patient was non-diabetic and non-hypertensive but a smoker and weighed over 100 kg He was managed early in the emergency with anti-platelets to prevent clotting and anti-anginal medications After shifting him to the Cath-Lab for an angiogram we ascertained thathe had 99 per cent obstruction in his left anterior descending artery LAD and a thrombus blood clot in the proximal region We immediately planned for stenting and thrombus aspiration to remove the clot Thankfully he responded well to the procedure and normal blood flow was restored in the LAD artery He recovered soon and was sent home just after two days of hospital stay the doctor said While this patient was never infected with CovidKumar pointed out that there was a definite link between Covid and increased incidence of heart attacks During the Covid and post-Covid era a significant number of people are experiencing cardiac issues and there has been an alarming rise in episodes of heart attacks as well It is mainly the post-Covid patients who are more prone to heart attacks however they can be treated successfully if brought to the hospital on time he added The risk of heart attack and stroke increases three-fold in the first two weeks following COVID-19 according to a study published in The Lancet journal the statement claimed COVID-19 patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease have increased case fatality rates as compared to others Most cardiovascular events in patients with COVID -19 are the result of severe immune over-reaction by the body he said Symptoms of a heart attack include uncomfortable pressure squeezing fullness and pain in the centre of the chest lasting more than a few minutes or intermittently erupting Pain or discomfort in one or both arms back neck jaw or stomach shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort cold sweat nausea or light-headedness are some other symptoms to be aware of doctors said PTI KND CK

Mumbai Aug 24 PTI There is a threat to Union minister Narayan Ranes life in police custody a BJP legislator in Maharashtra claimed on TuesdayState minister and Shiv Sena leader Gulabrao Patil meanwhile said Rane should be given shock treatment as he has lost his balanceThe Union minister was treated roughly by the police BJP Member of Legislative Council MLC Prasad Lad alleged while talking to reporters at Sangameshwar in coastal Ratnagiri districtRane was taken to Sangmeshwar police station after he was arrested over his statement that he would have slapped chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for forgetting the year of Indias independencePolice pushed Rane while he was having his lunch He is nearly 70 Should a person of such age be treated like this We feel there is a threat to his life Lad saidA doctor who did his check-up said Rane is diabetic but he could not check the sugar level His blood pressure has increased The current readings are 160110 The doctor also said they took his ECG and considering he is a diabetes patient his sugar needs to be checked and he should be hospitalized the BJP legislator addedLad also expressed apprehension that police may not produce Rane before a magistrate till 6 pm so that he does not get bail during the dayThe police may harass him during the night The Nashik police which has sent a team to arrest him has not yet reached here Lad claimedSpeaking in Mumbai Sena leader and minister Gulabrao Patil said Rane has lost his balanceHe should be taken to Thane and given shock treatment to cure him Patil said apparently referring to the state-run mental hospital thereThe action against Rane is appropriate as it sends out a strong message to everyone who uses un-parliamentary language against people holding constitutional posts Rane seems to have forgotten that he was once chief minister of Maharashtra he further saidPatil also claimed that Ranes entry into the BJP was a major threat to leaders in that party including Devendra Fadnavis Pravin Darekar and Chandrakant Patil PTI ND KRK KRK