Prevention of HeartDisease
Dr Ashutosh Sahu
MD, DM (Cardiology), FESC, FSCAI
Sahyadri Hospitals,Nashik
2.
Coronary Artery Disease
■Major health challenge in India
■ Changes in life style & economic
development
■ Decline in the west due to aggressive
modification of life style by the entire
population
■ In India doubled in the last 20 years
3.
Indians Run TheHighest Risk
For Heart Attacks !
Indians in the age group of 30 - 40 years
10 times > Caucasians
4.
Burden of CADin India
■An estimated 45 million patients of CAD in India
■By the year 2020
■Largest CAD burden in the world
■CAD will account for one third of all deaths.
■Sadly, many of Indians will be dying young.
INTERHEART: Impact ofmultiple risk factors
on CardioVascular risk
Yusuf S et al. Lancet. 2004;364:937-52.
Odds
ratio
for
1st MI
(99%
CI)
64
512
16
1
2
256
128
32
8
4
Smk
(1)
DM
(2)
HTN
(3)
ApoB-
ApoA1
(4)
1+2+3 All 4 All 4
+ Obes
All 4
+ Ps
All risk
factors
2.9 2.4 1.9 3.3 13.0 42.3 68.5 182.9 333.7
Smk = smoking
DM = diabetes
HTN = hypertension
Obes = obesity
Ps = psychosocial factors
Note: odds ratio plotted on a doubling scale
25.
INTERHEART: Association ofrisk factors
with acute MI in women and men
Yusuf S et al. Lancet. 2004;364:937-52.
Adjusted for age, sex, geographic region
Note: odds ratio plotted on a doubling scale
Risk
factor
Gende
r
Current smoking F
M
Diabetes F
M
Abdominal obesity F
M
Psychosocial index F
M
Hypertension F
M
0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 16
Odds ratio (99% CI)
Fruits/Vegetables F
M
Exercise F
M
Alcohol F
M
ApoB-ApoA1
ratio
F
M
26.
Stress
• Definition:
– Stateof tension that arises when you experience
demands from your environment or from inside
yourself
Can be a real OR perceived threat
OR
Stress Happens!!
– Childhood
–Adolescence
– Young adult
– Marriage
– Parenthood
– middle age
– aging
– Injury
– Moving
– Death of a loved one
– Divorce
– Retirement
– Pregnancy
– Beginning or ending
formal schooling
• Stress is a normal part of life,
especially during changes in life:
To test the stress in you life due to life events go to:
http://www.stresstoughness.com/lifeevents.htm
36.
Our Body’s Design
•Our bodies are uniquely designed to handle stress.
• When presented with a threatening situation it is our
most basic survival instinct to either:
– Engage in a fight
– Or run for our lives
• This is what is known
as the “fight or flight”
response
37.
During Fight orFlight
• Adrenaline is secreted from the kidneys
• Cortisol (a hormone) is released providing
bursts of energy
• The heart suddenly beats faster
• Breathe rate and blood pressure increase
• Blood sugar is released into the bloodstream
• Hearing and sight are enhanced
• Digestive system and urine production slow
to divert blood to more critical areas, such
as the brain and muscles
38.
It makes usable to fight or run, BUT…
• It is rarely necessary AND…
• Has some side effects that deteriorate our
health
– increased blood pressure
– Decreased immune function
– Several important functions of the body are
interrupted
39.
Over time thiscan result in:
• Headaches
• Asthma
• Hypertension
• Ulcers
• Low back pain
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Upper respiratory
infections
• Difficulty thinking clearly
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Drug abuse
• Mental illness
• Higher risk for suicide
• Addictive disorder
41.
What can wedo to prevent
this?
• Fix the fixable
• Accept the inevitable
• Protect yourself from the physical affects
COSTS OF STRESS
•80% of all modern diseases have their origins in stress.
• In the UK, 40 million working days per year are lost directly
from stress - related illness.
• Costs in absenteeism to British industry is estimated at £1.5
billion pounds per year.
52.
STRESS CONTROL
AWARENESS
What causesyou stress?
How do you react?
BALANCE
There is a fine line between positive / negative stress
How much can you cope with before it becomes negative ?
CONTROL
What can you do to help yourself combat the negative effects of
stress ?
54.
Principles of StressManagement
S – STRENGTH
T – TIME MANAGEMENT
R – RELATIONSHIPS
E – EGO
S – SAVINGS
S - SPIRITUALITY
Time Management
• Makea list
What MUST be done
What SHOULD be done
What would you LIKE to do
• Cut out time wasting
• Learn to drop unimportant activities
• Say no or delegate
60.
TIME MNAGEMENT
• Planyour day
• Set achievable goals
• Don’t waste time making excuses for not
doing something
Deep Breathing
• Breathin deeply and slowly.
• Focus on the air moving in your nose, down your
neck into your chest and feel your belly push
out. Hold your breath for a few seconds.
• Now exhale slowly. First feel your belly contract
in towards your spine, then feel the air move
through the chest, up the neck, and through your
mouth.
• Visualize stress leaving your body
71.
Meditation
• Close youreyes and mental follow the air in
and out of your body. As you exhale mentally
repeat a soothing word like “Peace”
Or
• Visualize a peaceful scene
• Do this for 5 to 30 minutes
72.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
•While sitting or lying down, tense the muscles of
your feet (curling your toes) as hard as you can.
• Then relax them.
• Do this once or twice for each part of the body
• Continue this process for each muscle group all
the way up your body until you reach your head.
• When finished remain relaxed for a few minutes
73.
Stretching
• Several stretchescan be done at your desk
• Tilt head to the left and hold
• Tilt head to right and hold
• Reach arms over the head
and interlace fingers
For information of stretches that can be done at
your desk or for the head and neck click on the
stretching girl
74.
Get a Massagefrom yourself or from a
professional
Self-Massage
• Sit with your shoulders relaxed
• Use your right hand to massage you left
shoulder and neck, working your way up to the
scalp
• Repeat with left hand for right shoulder
75.
Laugh!!
• Find waysto add laughter in your life
– Buy tapes of comedians you like and listen to them
during your commute or whenever you need a boost.
– Read joke books or funny books
– Watch your favorite comedy on television
– Buy movies that are sure to make you laugh
– Don’t take yourself too seriously
Editor's Notes
#26 Bullet One
The key phrase in this definition is “from inside yourself” This leads us to believe that we can control or eliminate stress if we can control the messages that come from inside of us.
“A BEAR IS TRYING TO EAT ME!!!” is an environmental source of stress. It is impossible to eliminate all the possible environmental sources of stress in our lives we are bound to go through some stress in our lives. We cannot change that, but we can change the way we perceive those threats.
#35 Each time you move from one stage in life to another there is likely to be a time of adjustment which typically means more stress.
Remember the first day of intermediate school or junior high. While it was exciting and new there was also stress involved. We had to relearn how to function in that new environment.
#36 “Wonderfully and uniquely made” or “wonderfully evolved” our bodies are able to handle stress in our lives in a way that is designed to protect from harm.
Stress is not a new phenomenon. Our ancestors and even animals have this basic response which prepares them to cope with predators. Han Seyle and Walter Cannon coined the term “fight or flight” in the 1930 when they demonstrated what happens in the human body during a stressful situation.
#37 It is common to hear people who have just been through a trauma say something like, “I wasn’t thinking. I was just running on adrenaline!”
Adrenaline is the hormone that prepares the body for an attack. The heart needs to beat faster so blood can get to our muscles.
If we are going to run we need more air so we start to breath faster
Our blood pressure elevates
More blood gets routed to our muscles so they can be used to fight or run
Sugar is released into the blood stream so muscles have the energy they need
Cortisol is released from the adrenal cortex. Cortisol is also known as the “fight or flight” hormone
#38 Although there are rare times in our life where we need to run for our lives or fight for our lives, this is rarely the case in our much more civilized lives.
#39 M.D. Jeremko, “Stress Inoculation Training A Generic Approach for the Prevention of Stress-Related Disorders,” The Personal and Guidance Journal 62 (1984):544-550 found
#68 We can try to eliminate unnecessary stress, plan for stress or simply be more positive. Our bodies also benefit from stress reduction techniques.
#73 For an interactive presentation of stretches you can do at your desk, go to http://my.webmd.com/health-e-tools/3836, scroll down and click on “Yoga at your desk” or “Yoga for Neck and Shoulders”