Policlínica Gipuzkoa invests in expanding its offer in cardiac pathology and reinforce its informative cycles to patients.

-Commitment to maintain the lead in early diagnosis of cardiac pathologies, maintain investment in technological innovation and extend its unity of cardiac rehabilitation which happen to be the center of the Basque country

-in order to complete the process of patient carebeyond hospital discharge, it has set in motion a cycle of charlas-coloquio allowing for further information and provide helps cardiological patients and their families

-the goal is to combine research and leading cardiac assistance together with the dissemination of knowledge about Cardiology to prevent heart diseases that represent the leading cause of death in our society

– Encounters, with free entry, are held in the Lounge acts Polyclinic, every Wednesday from 18.00 to 19.00 hours

-cardiologist Eduardo Alegría, Member of the directive of the European society of Cardiology, will lead this cycle of charlas-coloquio under the title Wednesday in polyclinic, the doctor responds ”

-Policlínica Gipuzkoa is today a reference in Europe in cardiac surgery and with this new step integrate and extend all his cardiac area, polyclinic has been committed to grow this online

Donostia-San Sebastián, September 2011- Policlínica Gipuzkoa is since years a reference state and European in cardiologyhemodynamic and cardiac surgery, to be one of the private schools with greater volume of surgery with extracorporeal circulation in the year (around 360 surgeries). This important volume of activity and the imprint of the Centre by always bet on investment in innovation and constant improvement of the service for the patient has led them to a new step to bet on the investment of one million euros in the expansion and strengthening of their current health care offer, which already counts in addition to the above-mentioned services, a service of cardiological preventive checkups, a unit of arrhythmias and a new service of cardiac rehabilitation, which in coming months will be expanded to become the greater unity of cardiac rehabilitation in the Basque country.

As a CODA to this commitment to reinforce an area of the heart in a comprehensive manner both the level of care and research, hospital has developed a line of dissemination of knowledge directed the Guipuzcoan population in order to prevent cardiovascular diseases which are currently the first cause of death in our society.

For this reason, from September 14, each Wednesday from 18.00 to 19.00 hours the acts Hall of Policlínica Gipuzkoa welcomes charlas-coloquio on various topics of Cardiology led by cardiologist Eduardo Alegría, under the title Wednesday in hospital, the doctor responds ”.

This novel initiative, open to the public and with free entry, has a programme covering a wide range of issues related to the heart, from principal risk factors and healthy lifestyle habits, how to prevent a heart attack, products of herbal for heart disease, the amount of recommended exercise, the advantages of new anticoagulants, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, diabetes complications or risks of diets ‘ miracle ’.

To this end, this specialist offers a nearby tone and understandable information and guidelines for help on how to prevent, detect early and treated properly certain situations, at the same time resolving any doubts or queries of attendees.

Prevention

Heart problems tend to be very different, both its symptoms and its complications, sometimes even present differences between men and women, although all have one common denominator: the prevention can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from heart disease or worsen them if they have already appeared. Explains Dr. Eduardo Alegría, healthy lifestyle habits – regular physical exercise, proper nutrition, tobacco cessation …- and the proper control of the risk factors are the two basic tools for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. It is necessary to raise awareness among society and individuals to create a culture of prevention of cardiovascular disease ”. And it is important to do so since childhood, since children and adolescents can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease in the future by controlling the risk factors, such as physical inactivity, obesity, smoking or cholesterol high.

program

Wednesdays, from 1800 hours in the lounge of acts of Policlínica Gipuzkoa

September

September 21 – what should I do? to know if I have the heart well?
on September 28 – is it bad to white coat hypertension?

October

5 October – what is cardiac rehabilitation and who is indicated?
October 19 – How can be prevented infarction?
October 26 – do not they exaggerate a little tobacco?

November

November 2 – How much exercise is good for the heart?
November 16 – is it bad to have palpitations?
November 23 — is troubling to have dizziness?
November 30 – what are advantages new anticoagulants?

December

December 7 – up how much cholesterol is acceptable?
December 14 – everyone can make exercise safe?
December 21 – is it true that the Mediterranean diet prevents stroke?
December 28 – what should I do if it hurts your chest?

2012

January

January 11 — What are pacemakers?
January 18 – can operated heart patients do normal life?
January 25 – are the heart medicines dangerous?

February

February 1 – is there any product herbal which is good for heart disease?
February 8 – what cardiac complications have diabetes?
15 February — what specialist I have to visit if I dizziness?
February 22 – do there are diets miracle ”?
February 29 – why is it so difficult to change habits?

March

March 7 — is heart disease a matter of men?
March 14 – up how much alcohol I can take?
March 21 – what should I do if my problem is stress?
28 March – why are more and more fat as?

April

April 4 – are inherited diseases of the heart?