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The untimely demise of SAP India CEO Ranjan Das shows how hectic schedules, high-pressure jobs and poor dietary habits are proving lethal for executives.

Ranjan Das, the 42- year- old CEO of SAP India, seemed to be in the pink of health.

He needed only four hours of sleep to keep him fit and fresh, had run the Chennai marathon a couple of months ago and was a fitness freak. His death last week after a massive cardiac arrest was both unexpected and shocking.

The reality, though, is that younger people are becoming prone to cardiac problems.

Research shows that half of all heart attacks in the country occur among men under the age of 50.

In fact, heart ailments are responsible for almost one- third of all deaths in the country and, according to World Health Organisation estimates, Indians will make up 60 per cent of the world's cardiac patients by 2010.

Doctors blame hectic schedules, high pressure jobs and poor dietary habits.

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