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Health experts are urging people to avoid food with high salt content because it may lead to health problems like hypertension and strokes. Customers must be vigilant, read food labels, and demand low salt food in stores and restaurants.
Of the estimated one billion people living with hypertension, about 30% can attribute it to excess salt intake. According to them, populations, such as the Yanomami Indians in South America, with very low levels of salt intake do not have hypertension.
In contrast, Japan, with a salt intake of 15 g per person, has high rates of hypertension and the highest stroke rates in the industrialized world. Health Experts recommend a maximum daily intake of 2.8 g for active young people, and 2.2 for older adults.
The correct default should be no added salt in food we purchase, leaving those who still wish to do so free to indulge at their own risk.
Myocardial bridging where portion of coronary is buried in myocardium, causes narrowing of artery when heart muscle contracts during systoly leading to decreased blood flow and pain. Usually benign with mild symptoms. If severe significant symptoms are present deroofing of myocardial bridge segment or bypass grafting is required.
Stress ECG Test is useful to detect any evidence of decreased myocardial blood flow when patient symptoms are not clear cut and when ECG and Echo are not suggestive of coronary artery disease. It is useful to assess severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease. Also useful in advising fitness and workload for patients during rehabilitation period.
Left ventricular hypertrophy is increased myocardial wall thickness due to increased load on the heart muscle due to high BP or left ventricular outflow obstruction. Increased muscle mass with fibrosis and inadequate myocardial capillary growth results in imbalance between myocardial blood supply and demand which may present like angina, arrhythmia and diastolic dysfunction which may cause abnormal filling pressures and failure in long term cases.
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