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An interdisciplinary look at the cardiovascular health of Poles - from prevention to treatment

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Medexpress

Published Oct. 5, 2023 20:26

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Despite the achievements of invasive cardiology, the mortality rate from cardiovascular diseases in Poland before the introduction of the COS-MI did not fall, experts stressed on September 29 in Poznań during the debate "Interdisciplinary perspective on cardiovascular health of Poles - from prevention to treatment." The improvement was brought only by the rehabilitation of patients after a heart attack, changes in their lifestyle and prevention.

The organizers of the debate on clinical and regulatory challenges aimed at improving cardiovascular disease prevention were the Public Health Foundation, the Polish Society of Civilization Diseases, the Polish Phlebological Society and the Polish Society of Vascular Surgery.

How to improve cardiac statistics?

- In Poland, we have 100,000 heart attacks, 70,000 strokes and 40,000 acute ischemias annually. 43 percent of the patients they affect die," reported Prof. Zbigniew Krasinski, president of the Polish Phlebological Society and president-elect of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery. -We have no influence on non-modifiable factors, such as age and genetic predisposition, but we can par...

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