A study that involved several cardiologists in Italy has shown significant changes in the life of patients
In last 30 years The percentage of dead in Italy for heart failure It has practically halved. Aldo Maggionidirector of the Anmco Study Center, presented this good news at the recent Cardiology Congress that took place in Rimini. “When in 1995 We started collecting data in patients was more double, today the mortality rate from heart failure is 5%”.
Cardiac failure data
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The heart failure It is the inability of the heart of pumping blood in quantity adequate to the demand of the body, it is a syndrome that afflicts about 2% of the population with about 200 thousand cases every year. The highest percentages are recorded over 80 yearsbut heart failure is the main cause of hospitalization for people over the age of 65, as well as being the first cause of death for cardiovascular diseases. The data that emerged from the recent congress show that in recent years it has been worked to improve the health of patients with this problem, managing to reduce their mortality.
the study
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Dr. Maggioni presented the results of the study BRING-UP 3 Directionunderlining how the extensive use of effective drugs on patients with this problem is the main cause of the reduction in the mortality rate from heart failure. In addition to the drugs it is cThe general management of these patients also ambiated. The best data were recorded in those patients who showed an improvement in the contractile function of the left ventricle, whose mortality rate one year after the diagnosis is only 1.9%. A Given considered improved is that on re-hospitalization, In fact, at the moment 1 out of 5 patient needs further hospitalization in the first year.
evolution
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About 5 thousand patients took part in the first phase of the study, explained the Dr. Maggionicurrently the audience of the cardiological centers involved has been further expanded with the possibility of having the data of another 4500 patients throughout Italy, thus having an even wider photograph of the patients’ conditions in different realities. Within the project Bring-up Preventionwhich involved 189 centers, the data of 4790 patients returned from a myocardial infarction and/or coronary rivascularization. Only the 33% of them had LDL cholesterol levels (the one considered “bad”) Definible under control That is, according to the international guidelines it is less than 55mg/dl. Six months later from the start of the monitoring, the percentage rose to 58% after a year at 62%. This means that the therapies entrusted to both pharmacological patients and the changes made in Patients’ lifestyle They are essential to achieve the goal of a reduction in the risk of mortality from heart failure.
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