Credit: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) KANGAR, Aug 27 (Bernama) --  A total of 17.76 per cent of the 1,357 deaths in Perrlis in 2021 were caused by ischemic heart disease, said  National Heart Institute (IJN) chief executive officer Datuk Dr. Aizai Azan Abdul Rahim. He said 13.7 per cent of deaths in the country in 2021 were caused by ischemic heart disease. In a statement issued by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), today, the matter was conveyed by Dr Aizai Azan to the Regent of Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail at the opening of the  Heart Health Screening Programme, an IJN Corporate Social Initiatives (CSI) programme, at UniMAP yesterday.

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