Why do we need to take care of our cardiovascular system? Are there any new innovative treatments for heart disease? How is the picture of Polish Cardiology changing and what is still a challenge in terms of access to innovative treatment methods?
Why do we need to take care of our cardiovascular system? Are there any new innovative treatments for heart disease? How is the picture of Polish Cardiology changing and what is still a challenge in terms of access to innovative treatment methods?
You will find answers to these questions in the next edition of The Point educational campaign – «Take care of the heart. Prevention and treatment ».
The whole was published on September 27 as a thematic special supplement in Gazeta Wyborcza, online at wpunktozdrowiu.pl and on portals and events dealing with the subject of cardiovascular health.
Together with Experts and Partners, we present the topic of health and prevention of the cardiovascular system. We want to focus, among others on innovative methods of treating diseases of the cardiovascular system, appropriate prophylaxis, the essence of access to modern treatment, comprehensive cardiological care, dangers resulting from diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Articles included in the campaign:
- Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Ponikowski, President of the Polish Cardiac Society, Head of the Chair and Clinic of Heart Diseases, Medical University of Piastów Śląskich in Wrocław – p. 2
- The successes and the essence of cooperation among cardiac surgeons and cardiologists, comments Prof. dr hab. n. med. Marian Zembala, cardiac surgeon, transplantologist, CEO of SCCS Zabrze, Head of the Department and Clinical Department of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery SUM, President of EACTS 2016 – 2017- p. 2
- Experts from the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze comment on how the real picture of diagnosis and treatment of patients with heart failure in Poland is changing thanks to the power of innovative technologies and the development of medicine – p. 3
- Beata Ambroziewicz and Agnieszka Wołczenko talk about initiatives implemented with a cardiac patient in mind – p. 4
- The current situation in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery is discussed by Prof. dr hab. n. med. Bohdan Maruszewski, Head of the Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the “Monument – Children’s Health Center” Institute in Warsaw – p. 4
- About the most important successes and plans for the future of the Institute of Cardiology, speaks Dr. n. med. Tomasz Hryniewiecki, prof. Inst., Director of the Institute of Cardiology Prymasa Tysiąclecia Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński in Warsaw – p. 4
- Prof. dr hab. med. Krzysztof J. Filipiak, cardiologist, internist, hypertensiologist and clinical pharmacologist, full professor at the 5st Department and Clinic of Cardiology of the Medical University of Warsaw, President of the Polish Society of Hypertension – p. XNUMX
- The subject of the innovative technology of the left atrial appendage closure is discussed in the statements of prof. dr hab. n. med. Zbigniew Kalarus, Department of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Defects and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze and dr hab. n. med. Marek Grygier, I Clinic of Cardiology – Clinical Hospital of the Transfiguration of the Lord of the Medical University of Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań – pp. 6-7
- Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Jankowski Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum in Krakow, secretary of the Polish Cardiac Society in the 2017-2019 term and Agnieszka Wołczenko, Polish Patient Association
- with Heart and Vascular Diseases EcoSerce – p. 8
- Why are cardiovascular diseases dangerous for women, says Sylwia Stachura, journalist, publisher of the MedTvoiLokony website – p. 10
- About new possibilities in electrophysiology and electrotherapy, says Dr. n. med. Oskar Kowalski
- Head of the Laboratory of Heart Electrophysiology and Electrostimulation at the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, former chairman of the Heart Rhythm Section of the Polish Society of Cardiology – p. 10
- The opportunities and challenges of using electrotherapy in cardiology are discussed by prof. dr hab. n.med. Jarosław Kaźmierczak, National Consultant in the field of cardiology, Head of the Department of Cardiology of the Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Prof. dr hab. n. med. Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, President of the Polish Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Head of the Clinic, Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Institute of Cardiology Primate
- Tysiąclecia Stefan Wyszyński, Warsaw, Wojciech Szefke, President of the Management Board of the Organization of Medical Industry Employers Technomed – p. 11
- An article on cigarette smoking that is dangerous for the cardiovascular system and the essence of support in the fight against addiction – p. 12
The main content partners of the project were the Polish Cardiac Society, the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, the Polish Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, the Heart Coalition for Cardiology and the Polish Association of Patients with Heart and Vascular Diseases EcoSerce.
Medonet became the media partner of the campaign.
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