More than 90% of patients treated in the hospital internal medicine consultations presents some risk factor vascular.
some 450 specialists meet in Valencia on the occasion of the 7th meeting of the Group of Vascular risk the Spanish society of internal medicine (SEMI) held today and tomorrow in Valencia.
-Obesity, hypertension, smoking, Dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus type 2, the main risk factors
– according to a study presented at the meeting between the 10 and 50% of people may suffer hypertension masked, relative to the population and is more common in male smokers and overweight
-early evaluation of the davascular ño allows to determine the involvement of different bodies unlikely disease and vascular risk in populations not usual that: adolescents, patients with HIV infection, ill from gout or sleep apnea
Valencia, may 2011.- cardiovascular diseases are now one of the leading causes of hospital admission in internal medicineso that recent data show that more than 9 of every 10 patients treated at the hospital internal medicine consultations presents one of its main risk factors. The most common include obesity, hypertension, smoking, Dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus type
these pathologies are a very important part of the internist every day, which comprehensively focuses on all of these problems and deals with all and each one of them in an integrated way ”, according to Dr. Miguel Camafort, Coordinator of the Group of Vascular risk of the Spanish society of internal medicine (SEMI).
In that regard, 5 today and tomorrow, may 6, is celebrated in Valencia the VII meeting of the Group of Vascular risk in the SEMI, which involved nearly 450 specialists in internal medicine and other related specialties and has targeted training, the update on the latest, the debate on controversial issues of vascular risk and the sharing of clinical information generated from research projects
During this meeting presents the last results of the ESTHEN study on the masked hypertension (HTAE), affecting between 10 and 50% of the population, depending on their characteristics, and which is more common in male smokers and overweight. The importance of the HTAE is that an undiagnosed illness that is present during their professional activity being normotensas in queries, so that only techniques of measurement of blood pressure at home can be detected.
In addition to the presentation of this study, this year’s program brings new theme early assessment of vascular damage, which according to the doctor Camafort allows to assess the involvement of different bodies before occurring disease, as well as vascular risk in non-standard populations such as adolescents, patients with HIV infection, gout sufferers or sleep apnea affects ”.
new treatments for the diabetic patient with vascular risk
other aspects to be addressed in this meeting is for the treatment of diabetic patients with high risk cardiovascular. although we know that the benefits of treating diabetes along with all other risk factors are undeniable, recent studies and guides published leave some uncertainty in the management of the diabetic patient, sobre up where and how we treat each and every one of the risk factors in patients ”, declares Dr. Camafort.
According to the expert, there are still two outstanding issues in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as cases of patients with high cardiovascular risk and those with kidney disease or kidney failure. In the first case, new drugs such as GLP-1 agonists can add anti-diabetic effect weight loss and better control of risk factors. In the second, newer drugs will allow us to dispose of antidiabetic agents in patients with renal ”.
