Heart of the matter
Fitness doesn’t guarantee a healthy heart as Sourav Ganguly’s recent setback illustrates. Explaining the reason behind it
Sujata Mukherjee
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Published 11.01.21, 02:56 AM
Sourav Ganguly, chief of India’s cricket board and former Indian cricket captain, collapses during a treadmill routine. He has to be taken to hospital and has to undergo corrective procedure. There is shock all around. But why? How? Isn’t Ganguly, a high-profile sportsman, fit? Perhaps. But that is not a necessary insurance against heart ailments. Doctors found three blockages in his arteries, one of which needed an immediate stent implant through angioplasty.