Battling Heart and Stroke

A large community of Indian Asians - also sometimes called South Asians- reside in the UK. These are people who originated from the Indian subcontinent - from the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Results from a recent prospective study show that Indian Asian patients with acute coronary heart syndrome are way much younger than white Europeans. It is not uncommon to see Indian Asians in their 20s being diagnosed with severe coronary artery disease.

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a condition wherein the arteries supplying blood to the heart get constricted, leading to angina pectoris (chest pains) and myocardial infarction (heart attacks). Constriction of the arteries is brought about by fatty deposits on the waal sof the arteries.

CHD is the most common cause of mortality in developed countries including the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. According to the statistics from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, 42.7 million American women had cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 2005. 7.3 million of these cases were due to CHD, including heart attack and angina pectoris. According to the European Heart Network, CVD is the main cause of women’s deaths all European countries. 22% of total deaths among European women were due to CHD.

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This good news is according to researchers who studied 104,519 women as part of the Nurses’ Health Study for over 16 years (1980 to 2004).

Participants in the study were categorized based on their smoking habits as: More →