High blood pressure and heart health
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With 17.5 million deaths according to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
50 min
On the occasion of World Heart Day, we take stock of cardiovascular disease.
With 17.5 million deaths according to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world.
Diet, physical activity, management of hypertension and excess cholesterol.
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How to prevent these diseases?
Where is the research?
What are the treatments ?
What is the impact of high blood pressure on heart health?
Pr Jacques Blacher
, Cardiologist, specialist in arterial hypertension, head of department of the diagnostic and therapeutic center at Hôtel Dieu hospital in Paris and professor at Paris Descartes University.
Therapeutics teacher.
Former President of the French Society for Arterial Hypertension (PAST)
Dr Abdoul Sarr
, Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Disease Specialist at the louise Michel clinic in Pointe Noire, Congo.
Dr Marjorie Richardson
, Cardiologist at the Heart Lung Institute of Lille University Hospital and member of the heart and pregnancy network
At the end of the program,
Hervé Meinrad
, director of blood collection at the French Blood Establishment, warns of the level of blood reserves, at their lowest for ten years.
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