Calling for new strategy to deal with cardiovascular diseases, a paper presented at a seminar here has stated that over the next 10 years, India would lose 237 billion US dollars due to heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

As per experts attending the three-day Indo-US workshop on 'vascular and mycardial biology' organised by Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology here, said that cardiovascular diseases strikes Indians early and kills many in their productive mid-life years.