nagpur number of young heart patients is growing adapting unhealthy work patterns and unhealthy eating habits from western world is one of the major contributors to this say expert doctorsadapting the western lifestyle in an unhealthy manner is resulting in early age heart failures in india the age of heart failure which is above 60 worldwide has come down to 5254 on an average here said dr pp joshi while speaking on heart failures current scenario in indiaheart failure is totally different from cardiac arrest it often develops after conditions like age illness and lifestyle disorders damage or weaken the heart doctors from across the country discussed various aspects of heart failure at a twoday conference organized in city on march 23 and 24 the cardiological society of india vidarbha chapter api and care hospital had organized the conference heart failure pharmacotherapy and beyond with modern treatments like angioplasty and early diagnosis options available the number of people living with heart diseases is growing however enough health manpower is not available to manage these patients said dr daljeet kaur suggu due to this cardiologists in india are overloaded with clinical practice they dont get enough time to conduct localized research she addedthe twoday event saw a series of expert lectures on treatment options patient selection and latest medicines for heart failures new medicines cardiac resynchronization therapy crt use of artificial heart and finally heart transplant are the options to deal with heart failures artificial heart is too costly in india while heart transplant is yet to gain momentum in country so we principally depend upon new medicines and crt said dr vyankatesh shivane doctors discussed various approaches towards crt in this conferencereasons for early heart failuresunhealthy diet fast food frozen food etc have dead calories cold drinks are as dangerous as pesticidesworking pattern in india people work for more than 8 hours a day six days a week they spend more time travelling and dont take planned leaves like those in western worldworking in shifts frequent changes in duty timings and shifts develop heart problems at young agetips to avoid heart failures at early agefresh food avoid frozen food best option is to have homemade indian delicacies as they have good calories if not small restaurants roadside dhabas are better options than international food chainsfruits and salads have fruits and salads and avoid cold drinks and cakes prefer fresh fruit juice over cold drinksback to basics try to follow the way your grandparents used to live start your day early and try to wind up way before midnight