Fortis Hospital Cunningham launches Heart Rhythm and Heart Failure Centre

Bangalore: Fortis Hospital, Cunningham Road has recently launched – Fortis Heart Rhythm and Heart failure Centre  with an intent to provide one stop solution for prevention and management of all heart rhythm disorders and heart failure treatment.

Heart Rhythm and Heart failure centre is a very popular concept in the West, while in India it still needs to be understood. Often people mistake heart failure to be a heart attack. While, heart failure is a condition where the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, heart attack is a sudden occurrence caused by blocked blood supply to the heart muscle. Apart from this many patients suffering from heart failure may also have an abnormality of the heart’s electrical system where the heart beats in an uncoordinated manner. This further reduces the pumping ability of the heart.

The incidence of Heart failure and heart rhythm problems is a rising trend in India yet there is no awareness on the same. The best way to treat such patients is through medical management, assisted devices and finally a heart transplant.

“Having a history of 25 years Fortis Cunningham has witnessed some India’s best cardiac milestones, which provides us the bandwidth to handle heart failure cases with a comprehensive team of cardiologists, electro physiologists, trained nurses and cardiac surgeons. Our motto is to improve quality of life of our patients for which the Heart Rhythm and Heart Failure Centre will act as a catalyst,” said, Dr Vivek Jawali, Chairman – Cardio Vascular Sciences and Medical Advisory Council, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore.