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A whopping 65% of doctors believe that lack of Oestrogen hormone which is due to changing lifestyle and other co-morbid conditions, is among the top five reasons responsible for younger women developing heart diseases, finds the latest survey, Visualizing the Extent of heart Disease in Indian women (VEDNA). The survey, covering almost 600 health care professionals of metros and non-metro cities from across the country exposed shocking facts around women's heart health in India. The survey found that 54% of cardiologists observed a 16-20% of overall growth rate in cardiovascular diseases among women in the last five years.
More surprisingly, a whopping 41% of the doctors claimed an alarming 10-15% growth rate in cardiovascular diseases among the age group of 20-40 years, the category of women which was earlier considered 'protected' from heart ailments. Contrary to conventional pharmacological belief that 'pre-menstrual women are completely safe from heart ailments,' almost all doctors cited that, even the menstruating population is falling prey to cardiovascular diseases.
"Quite contrary to conventional medical ideology that due to oestrogen hormone, women, especially menstruating ones, are safe from heart diseases,' lately, there has been a colossal rise in number of female cardiovascular patients. The trend may be attributed to changing lifestyle which is bringing such drastic hormonal changes that heart protecting effect of oestrogen hormone is getting nullified," said cardiologist Nitin S. Patki of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. The survey results revealed that, due to noteworthy changes in lifestyle, not only have the risk factors for the cardiovascular disease, like stress, smoking and drinking increased considerably but comorbid conditions like obesity, hypertension and diabetes have also gone up.
The predisposition of Indian women to the 'apple' shaped body and high visceral fat came out as one of the most interesting findings of the survey. Among other findings, 83% of the doctors believed that Indian women are ignorant about heart diseases, while 76% observed that women die of heart diseases due to late presentation to the hospital and 66% cited that CVD death amongst women was due to late diagnosis.
"It is frequently noticed that women often overlook symptoms and discomfort pertaining to heart diseases, and rarely consult an expert. The compliance rate is comparatively poor among women," said cardiologist Archana Sathe of Cardiac Care and Counselling Centre. VEDNA survey covered cardiologists and general practitioners from both metro and non-metro cities and was based on subjective and objective questions, specifically designed to elicit the cogent and conclusive responses around women's heart health across the country.
More surprisingly, a whopping 41% of the doctors claimed an alarming 10-15% growth rate in cardiovascular diseases among the age group of 20-40 years, the category of women which was earlier considered 'protected' from heart ailments. Contrary to conventional pharmacological belief that 'pre-menstrual women are completely safe from heart ailments,' almost all doctors cited that, even the menstruating population is falling prey to cardiovascular diseases.
"Quite contrary to conventional medical ideology that due to oestrogen hormone, women, especially menstruating ones, are safe from heart diseases,' lately, there has been a colossal rise in number of female cardiovascular patients. The trend may be attributed to changing lifestyle which is bringing such drastic hormonal changes that heart protecting effect of oestrogen hormone is getting nullified," said cardiologist Nitin S. Patki of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. The survey results revealed that, due to noteworthy changes in lifestyle, not only have the risk factors for the cardiovascular disease, like stress, smoking and drinking increased considerably but comorbid conditions like obesity, hypertension and diabetes have also gone up.
The predisposition of Indian women to the 'apple' shaped body and high visceral fat came out as one of the most interesting findings of the survey. Among other findings, 83% of the doctors believed that Indian women are ignorant about heart diseases, while 76% observed that women die of heart diseases due to late presentation to the hospital and 66% cited that CVD death amongst women was due to late diagnosis.
"It is frequently noticed that women often overlook symptoms and discomfort pertaining to heart diseases, and rarely consult an expert. The compliance rate is comparatively poor among women," said cardiologist Archana Sathe of Cardiac Care and Counselling Centre. VEDNA survey covered cardiologists and general practitioners from both metro and non-metro cities and was based on subjective and objective questions, specifically designed to elicit the cogent and conclusive responses around women's heart health across the country.
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