Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Mashhud Zia Chowdhury
Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute, Bangladesh
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiolog
Bangladesh has been elevated from the low income status to lower middle income nation last year. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the per-capita income will increase by 11.39% from $1316 in 2014-15 to $1,466 this financial year. Communicable diseases have also been reasonably in good control. Both of these lead to epidemiological transition from communicable to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD). Hypertension (HTN) is one of the ��?fatal four��? NCD i.e. Cardiovascular, Cancer, Chronic Respiratory Disease and Diabetes. The prevalence of HTN in Bangladesh is showing an increasing trend. A metaanalysis showed pooled HTN prevalence in Bangladesh within each 5 year time period was, 11% in 1995-2000, 12.8% in 2001-2005, and 15.3% in 2006-2010. According to a recent multilevel analytic survey, overall age standardized prevalence of pre-hypertension and HTN were 27.1% and 24.4%, respectively. HTN was found more common in elderly (ranging 40-65%) and urban population. Low awareness of disease is common in low-income and low educated population. According to NCD risk factors survey, only half of the hypertensive patients were aware of their illness and 33% had never measured their blood pressure in life time. Moreover, hypertension is largely untreated especially in rural area and only 41% were undergoing treatment. Non-adherence to treatment was very high, only 31.4% had their hypertension controlled. On the contrary of present guide line, Beta-blocker was found to be the highest prescribed drug. Strategies for early detection, awareness buildup and adherence to treatment are urgently necessary to halt the growing disease burden of hypertension.
Mashhud Zia Chowdhury has completed his MBBS in 1987, joined BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka. He completed his Diploma in Chest Diseases in 1990 and MD (Cardiology) in 2003. In 2007, he joined Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute- a specialized cardiac hospital, as Assistant Professor, later promoted to Associate Professor. During his nine year carrier as Interventional Cardiologist, he was trained in Japan and Germany and participated in various cardiac conferences also as faculty. He has 24 publications and is serving as Editorial Board Member of the journal of his hospital. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Email: mashhudzia@yahoo.com