Excessive Amounts of Salt Consumption and Atheroma Formation Among Patients Awaiting Coronary-Artery-Bypass-Grafting at A Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka
Abstract:Background:Ischemic Heart Disease(IHD) characterized by atheroma formation, is a leading contributor for the rising disease burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka. Even though excessive salt-consumption has been attributed with hypertension, documented literature is scarce on exploring its direct association with atheroma formation with primary data. Coronary-Artery- Bypass-Grafting(CABG) is done as a tertiary preventive measure for IHDs. The aim was to estimate the sodium-intake and to descr… Show more
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