NHMMI Launches A Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic
Difference between Heart Failure and Heart Attack
NHMMI Team
Dr.Sumanta Shekhar Padhi told media persons that Heart failure, in simple terms, can be defined as weakening of the heart. It is commonly confused with heart attack, but they differ in the sense that in case of heart failure the heart is not able to pump blood as well as it should to meet the demand of other body parts. Whereas, in heart attack the muscles of the heart itself get damaged due to lack of oxygen. Heart failure is usually a complication of some other heart disease like coronary artery blockage, previous heart attack or problem with electrical conduction system of the heart. It is a serious chronic condition which takes few years to develop but sometimes can also start suddenly if the heart suffers a trauma.
Some of the common symptoms of heart failure are- shortness of breath, persistent tiredness, swelling in lower parts of body, cough, frequent need to urinate at night and loss of appetite. Some of these symptoms are similar to the symptoms of other common diseases. Also, the heart and the body try to compensate for the reduced supply of blood to a certain extent. Due to this compensation mechanism and lack of awareness of the patient, heart failure often goes unnoticed for a long time before it becomes severe and everyday activities become very difficult for the patient. That’s why it is important to get a regular cardiac check-up specially if someone belong to the high-risk group for heart failure.
“Management of heart failure requires state-of-the-art infrastructure like dedicated cardiac ICU, advance cath lab, modular operation theatres and a prompt emergency department with advance cardiac life support ambulances.” told Dr Alok Kumar Swain, Senior Medical Officer, NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, “Latest diagnostic tools like MRI, CT Scan, Electrophysiology study, Stress Test, 3D Echo provide accurate and early diagnosis of heart failure. Also, a rehabilitation program is essential to ease the patient’s transition to normal life after the treatment.” he added.
Backed by these comprehensive facilities, the skilled and highly experienced cardiologists at NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital will be able to deliver the best of care and treatment to the patients with heart failure.
Facility Director Vineet Kumar Saini told that NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital has always stood pioneer when it comes to bringing the benefits of latest technology and best of clinical talent to the people of Chhattisgarh. It has already been serving as a centre of excellence in cardiac sciences with a wide array of diagnostic and treatment modalities like Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeries, Hybrid Revascularisation, Leadless Pacemaker implants, 3D and Foetal Echo etc. Mr Saini further said that with the launch of the comprehensive heart failure clinic, NHMMI will be able to offer a conclusive medical treatment to the patients suffering from heart failure.
This clinic will be organized on every Wednesday in which all the diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation facilities will be available for the patients suffering from heart failure. Establishment of this well-defined heart failure program will certainly help in improving the treatments outcomes and reducing the duration of hospitalisation as well as the cost of treatment. Skilled and highly experienced cardiologists from different centres of Narayana Health will be the members of this program like Dr Sumanta Shekhar Padhi (Interventional Cardiologist, NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Raipur), Dr Sunil Gouniyal (Interventional Cardiologist, NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Raipur), Dr Vivek Chaturvedi (Senior Cardiologist and Director-Electrophysiology Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram), Dr Deepak Padmanabhan (Interventional Cardiologist and Consultant-Electrophysiology, Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bengaluru) and Dr Manik Chopra (Consultant Cardiologist, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Ahmedabad)
This heart failure clinic team will be supported by the multidimensional cardiology team of NHMMI Narayana Multispeciality Hospital comprising Dr Nitin Kumar Rajput (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon), Dr Kinjal Bakshi (Paediatric Cardiologist), Dr Prashant Madharia (Non-invasive cardiologist), Dr Mohd Wasi Khan (Non-invasive cardiologist) and Dr Arun Andappan (Consultant Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine)
