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Havana, July 16 .- Cuba introduces innovative technologies for cardiology and cardiovascular surgery in the country, informed in this capital doctor Eduardo Rivas Estany

In a dialogue with the Cuban news agency, the president of the Cuban Society of Cardiology (CSC) said that MRI equipment In addition, in other provincial hospitals and cardiology centers, new technologies related to nuclear medicine, interventional cardiology and cardiac arrhythmias are being installed around the world. the Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery and Hermanos Hospital Ameijeiras. among others, which are very expensive.

Rivas Estany warned about the importance of promotion and measures related to the prevention of cardiovascular disease, if we take into account that they are the first cause in Cuba and around the world, where each year, it kills 17 million people, resulting in one in three deaths [19659009] Annually, nearly 20,000 patients in the Caribbean nation have cardiac infarction, warned Eminent specialist, who emphasized not only the expenses incurred by health care, but also from the social and economic point of view.

Therefore, the importance of early care and preventive and rehabilitative measures to reduce the great economic impact caused by these diseases, said the head of the Rehabilitation Center of the Heart Institute and of cardiovascular surgery.

Cuba has a national program of cardiovascular rehabilitation that guarantees the prevention and rehabilitation of these diseases, in particular ischemic heart disease, which is one of the most common.

In rehabilitation centers, the patient, very close to home, in his health zone, can prevent cardiovascular disease, he said.

experts have shown that the only way to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, with the social burden of morbidity and mortality, is through preventive measures.

Among the actions to prevent ischemic heart disease are the elimination of smoking, promoting healthy lifestyle habits, exercise, maintaining blood pressure, avoid diabetes and increase lipids.

The country has a network of five cardiocentres, including pediatrician William Soler, in the capital, as well as 33 hospital institutions providing these services, said the professor. (ACN) (Photo: Archivo)