A symptom of heart disease can literally stop a person in their tracks as they experience a tightening in the chest, or difficulty in breathing. There has been an increase in people coming to hospitals for heart diseases including people of all genders and ages. The world loses more than 17 million lives to heart disease and one-fifth of those casualties are accounted for from India.
Dr. Amit Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist, Manipal Hospitals, Gurugram says, “Cardiovascular disease can be of many types- damage in the heart’s blood vessels known as coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, heart attacks, arrhythmia, and more. Each of these diseases poses a dangerous risk to the life of the patient and requires immediate attention. Time is of utmost importance when it comes to treating a heart disease therefore everybody must know the different types of early symptoms of a heart disorder.”
