SARASOTA – Hundreds of doctors and nurses from around the country gathered in Sarasota for the 19th annual National Cardiovascular congress to discuss cardiovascular disease prevention.
“We feel strongly of the disease and treating it can save a lot of and a lot of money,” says Mahfouz Shahawy, president of International Society of Cardiovascular Prevention.
The topic this year is to update medical personal on new methods to prevention of heart diseases. “One ounce of early cardiovascular disease prevention is better than is better than pounds of late cure,” says Shahawy
Shahawy, the program director, has been organizing this event for nearly two decades. He says the fight against heart disease has been a long one.
“People would not screening and diagnosing properly and starting to treat them. So as I said time now to focus on early prevention and treatment,” he says.
According to a recent study by the American Heart Association, nearly half of U.S. adults have some form of heart disease. That’s an estimated 121 million Americans
“We’ve been talking about that for a long time, as a matter of fact our cardiovascular prevention program, which was started 10 years ago, we are considering blood pressure back then 130/80 is already abnormal,” says Shahawy.
More than a dozen professors and heart specialists shared new updates on studies and new technology that will help patients detect and treat heart disease early
“We are here in Sarasota the first to show that not only the fat in your belly but the fat around your heart – and we measured that and we showed even people who are not even obese with increased fat around their heart they are in trouble. We were the first to report on that in the country, says Shahawy.
Shahawy says that there are ways to better take care of your heart. Simply exercising, maintaining a good diet and eliminating cigarettes and alcohol is a good start – but the most important is seeing your doctor. “The future is bright in cardio prevention and as you see in this new program we have a lot of new data and I hope this message goes to everybody.”
