Tamil Nadu: Heart failure registry launched at Ramachandra Medical Centre
Chennai: Due to the steady increase in cases of heart failure in India, the need to identify and treat the disease early so that irreversible damage is prevented and the patients are given a reasonably good life was felt by doctors.
As the country lacks data on cases of heart failure, Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, on Thursday, launched a heart failure registry to monitor patients on a long term and work out the best methods of intervention for better health outcomes.
Inaugurated by chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University V. R. Venkatachalam, the registry will record all heart failure cases reported as outpatients and in the emergency and also treated in tmedical centre and the medical college hospital.
Elaborating on the registry Dr S. Thanikachalam, chairman and director, Cardiac Care Centre, SRMC said, "The patients will continue to be under treatment under their preferred cardiologist and will be monitored continuously. All diagnostic results will be centrally recorded and will be available to the treating cardiologist. Any patients with heart failure symptoms anywhere can also register themselves and get treated in the two hospitals. The rich data bank will be used for clinical research."
"There are many treatment options to restore a heart failure patient to good health. Those who cannot afford the treatment, in general, can also get treated in SRMC. The registry, which will be accessible between 8 am and 4 pm on Weekdays, can be reached at 044-23860531,” said Speaking on the occasion Dr T. R. Muralidharan, HoD, Cardiology, SRU.
Stating that the in-house registry was much needed, vice chancellor and interventional cardiologist Dr J. S. N. Murthy, said, "The concentration, today, is very high on Noncommunicable Disease (NCDs), of which cardiac failure is found to be more common because of the coronary heart disease and diabetes have very incidences and we see a lot of people and elderly patients coming over. We are therefore trying to get our own in-house data which is collected by Dr Thanikachalam".
