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As per the preliminary understanding of state health department’s ‘special health survey’, heart failure is the most common cause of death in Telanagana’s rural areas too. HYDERABAD: It’s not just in the city where cardiovascular diseases take the maximum lives. In situations where heart failure (a part of the heart stops functioning) progresses to cardiac arrest (entire heart stops functioning), delays in transporting can mean increased fatalities.The state health department’s ‘special health survey’ aims to look into the causes behind such deaths in the state. It is estimated that around 18,000 to 20,000 new cases of heart failures are being reported in the state annually. “The survey is meant to understand what are the diseases that are affecting people,” said a senior official from the state health department..