Cardiology Meeting 2018 June 25-26, 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Risk factors for heart disease are the conditions or habits that increase the threat of coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart attack. They can also increase the chances that an existing disease will get worse.  The chance of developing coronary heart disease depends upon the risk factors and level of each risk factor in an individual. Extensive research has identified the key factors that increase a person’s risk of coronary heart disease and heart attack in particular. 

Heart diseases are also called as cardiovascular diseases which in turn include the conditions that affect the mechanism, function or structure of heart. Heart diseases are may be classified into congenital and acquired heart diseases. Most of the cases, it is considered to be an acquired heart diseases. Common cardiovascular diseases are called coronary artery diseases such as angina and myocardial infarction It also includes:

The regrowth of organs and tissues of the heart that are lost in an injury are called Cardiac Regeneration. This is in disparity to wound healing, which involves closing of the injury site by forming a scar. Few tissues like skin and large organs such as liver regrow quite readily, whilst others have been seen with little or no capacity of regeneration. Nevertheless in the present research, it suggests that particularly in the Lungs and heart, there is hope for a variety of organs and tissues will eventually develop and the capacity to regenerate.

Cardiac surgery is generally known as heart surgery. It is mainly done on the heart or great vessels. It is performed in order to correct the problems associated with the heart.  Newer methods of heart surgery may reduce risks and speed up recovery time when compared to traditional open heart surgery. Cardiac surgeon is a specialist in cardiac surgery.

The interventional cardiology is one of the main branches of cardiology. It refers to the specific Cather based techniques to various structural heart diseases, non-surgical procedures for treating cardiovascular disease. The experts in this arena are called Interventional cardiologists. They handle catheters; it is thin, flexible tube to repair damaged vessels or other heart structures, often avoiding the need for surgery. The insertion of a sheath into the femoral artery and cannulating the heart under X-ray visualization is one of the heart catheterization techniques. Cardiac catheterization is a test which used to evaluate the coronary arteries and heart valve function.

Sports Cardiology achieves heart screenings that detect potentially serious cardiovascular issues in young athletes. Sudden cardiac arrest(SCA) is the major reason of death in exercising young athletes, and is most commonly set off by problems— as structural heart disorders or electrical circuitry issues—which are not commonly found during routine physical examinations. Athletes with authorized cardiovascular disease or those at risk have particular goals and objectives in mind. They want to continue to play their sport and be very safe. 

Medical diagnosis is based on information from sources such as findings from a physical examination, interview with the patient or family or both, medical history of the patient and family, and clinical findings as reported by laboratory tests and radiologic studies. The diagnosis of heart can be carried out by various methods such as by Imaging techniques, Surgeries, electrophysiology, angiography, radiography etc. Medical care is very essential once the heart disease is diagnosed. Stress reduction, diet, and lifestyle changes arekey in managing heart disease, but the mainstays of conventional care are drugs and surgery.The goals of treatment are stabilizing the condition, controlling symptoms over the long term, and providing a cure when possible.

Advances in medicine means that if CHD is detected at an early stage it can be treated successfully to extend the survival rate. Successful treatment is more likely if the disease is detected at its earliest stages. The ongoing research includes pioneering the use of heart scanning in the early diagnosis of heart disease in diabetics, Development of Nuclear Cardiology techniques for the detection of heart disease, Drug development and evaluation of treatments used in heart disease, Identification of novel biological markers to predict the presence of heart disease, Analysis of ethnic and socio-economic differences in heart disease risk.

The case report in general is a short article which describes an interesting fact in medicine.  It may include a new medical condition, a new disease, a new diagnostic approach or a new therapeutic strategy. Case reports usually document episodes in the initial emerging phase or in a small outbreak.  These documental information becomes the basic for further case series, reviews and studies.