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World Heart Day 2012: 'One World, One Home, One Heart'

by Dr. Reeja Tharu on  Sep 28, 2012
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World Heart Day 2012: 'One World, One Home, One Heart'

World Heart Day (WHD) is celebrated all over the world each year on 29th of September. The theme this year is “One world - One home – One heart”. For over a decade, the world has come together on World Heart Day to address the pan -global cardiovascular disease epidemic and to promote heart-healthy living all over the world. WHD acts as a platform for action to create awareness regarding heart diseases and prompts individuals, families, communities and governments to tackle the burden of the deadly disease.
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Coronary artery bypass grafting is an open-heart procedure to relieve the blockages of the arteries of the heart. After a heart attack certain areas of the heart do not receive adequate blood supply and these areas are starved of oxygen and nutrients and this result in areas of the heart that are ischemic. By performing CABG these areas are re-perfused using 'free vein or arterial bypass' that connect the normal areas of the arteries to less perfused areas and 'bypass' the blocked arteries.
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