Cardiovascular disease is the cause of death more common in women.

Spain, 2011-October The XXXI Congress Regional of the Association society Extremadura of Cardiology held in Cáceres, Extremadura Hotel, during the 7 and 8 October. The Congress will focus on two key issues, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, which presents symptoms different from that of men; and the treatment of diseases hypocaloric, excess lipids in the blood, with the evolution of hipolipemientes drugs.

In order to reduce cardiovascular events (HP) in the global population to have an equivalent reduction in both sexes, however, a number of factors make for women this reduction lower than that of males. On the other hand, hypercholesterolemia is the main risk factor for coronary heart disease.

Opening ceremony

The opening act will include the Minister of health and Social policy, María Jerónima Sayagués, the Mayor of Caceres, Elena Nevado, the managing director of the SES, Albino Navarro, the Manager of the Cáceres-Coria area of health, Francisco Javier Godoy del Olmo, the President of school medical officer, CáceresCarlos r. Arjona, President of the official school of doctors of Badajoz, Peter Hidalgo, and the President of the Extremadura society of Cardiology, José Ramón López Mínguez.

Work tables

In Europe cardiovascular diseases represent 43% of deaths in men and 55% in women. Similarly, the probability of dying after a first heart attack, is almost double that of men. Thus women have a 50% chance of dying while his first heart attack than men, 30 per cent. The main barrier, curiously, is a general feeling that tends to underestimate the true incidence of the problem in women

hours on Friday will feature the presence of Dr Andres Iñiguez Romo, director of the cardiology area of the University Hospital complex of Vigo, and Dr. José Ramón López Mínguez, head of section of hemodynamics of Badajoz and President of the Extremadura society of Cardiology Hospital Infanta Cristina. This working group is intended to alert doctors and patients about the reality of cardiovascular disease, the main causes of death in women over breast cancer.

A number of peculiarities in women, make that there is one knowledge of this reality, late diagnosis of the disease and a delay and sometimes underspending in the most appropriate treatments.

On the other hand, the Saturday worktable will focus on advances in the treatment of hypocaloric, excess fat, and cholesterol and other lipids in the blood. Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and prevention show that 20% of young people between 12 and 19 years are some lipid abnormality and 30% were overweight in which a lipid screening would be justified.

This session will be moderated by Dr. Gonzalo Marcos Cáceres Cardiology section chief, also intervene Dr. Pedro Saez, responsible for the unit lipid of the Mérida Hospital and Dr. Álvarez Sala, head of the unit lipid of hospital Gregorio Marañon from Madrid.