We see patients who come in their twenties even having had heart attacks who have no other obvious cardiac risk factors," Jauhar said. Sandeep Jauhar wrote a book called Heart: A History. "South Asians tend to get afflicted with heart disease at a younger age than Caucasians do. Why South Asians are more at risk for heart disease remains a mystery, said Sandeep Jauhar, a New York-based cardiologist who authored a book on the topic, "Heart: A History." Research specific to South Asians is still relatively new, Jauhar said, as they are, like many minority groups, underrepresented in medical trials. South Asians make up a quarter of the world's population, but a whopping 60% of all heart disease patients, and South Asian Americans tend to develop high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, and triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood that increases the risk for heart attacks, at lower body weights compared to other ethnicities. His first book, Intern: A Doctors Initiation, was optioned by NBC for a dramatic television series. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two medical memoirs and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. South Asians, including people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan descent, are all at a higher risk for heart disease - and researchers don't know why. The author of new hit book Heart: A History says sometimes its best let the story tell itself and to get out of the way. Sandeep Jauhar is director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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