All You Need To Know About Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular diseases are any diseases related to the whole cardiovascular system, primarily cardiac diseases, vascular diseases of kidney and brain and peripheral arterial disease. Atherosclerosis and hyper tension are two apparent causes among some other hidden ones. It has been one of the leading causes of death worldwide for some time now. But now among high income groups it has decreased significantly. Though, among the middle and lower income groups it is still persisting significantly. In fact all of the cardiovascular disorders depend on various factors such as sex, age, gender, lack of physical exercise, smoking habit, pollution, obesity, family history, and diabetes mellitus. However, many of the cardiovascular risk factors are modifiable by change of lifestyle, dieting, drug treatment and social change.

Cardiovascular surgery is related to the heart and it is performed by cardiac surgeons. It is done to remove ischemic heart disease, correct congenital heart disease. It includes also transplantation of heart. The development cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass techniques have decreased the mortality rate to a much lower rank. For instance treatment of congenital heart defects are estimated to have currently dropped the mortality rates by 4-6%. A major drawback of cardiac surgery is the incidence of neurological damage. The percentage of stroke patients undergoing cardiac surgery is 2-3%. To assess the performance of surgical units and individual medical practitioner a new model, named EuroScore, is being used recently.

Dr. Lim Ing Haan is a cardiologist in Singapore. She is affiliated to the Drliminghaan Cardiology Clinic in the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. You can avail of a wide range of treatments from here. Not only from Singapore but also from neighboring countries patients rush here. Their team of cardiologists has a very high expertise taking care of complex diseases.