Important issues on heart failure management were discussed in Moscow

“The program was very rich,” highlighted Anna. “Apart fr om discussions on diagnostics and treatment of heart failure, meetings devoted to arterial hypertension and coronary artery disease were organized and complicated issues of management of patients were discussed. Participation in such congresses gives a good opportunity to get useful and the most up-to-date information, to exchange knowledge and communicate with colleagues. Participants traditionally took presentations from Tyumen very well and raised interesting issues and discussions.”

The competition of young scientists wh ere A. Soldatova took the Third place has been holding during 2 months. “After the first tour our 2 presentations were accepted to semifinal. Then we had to write articles for consideration of the commission. Thus, my study “Natriuretic peptide and inflammatory mediators in patients with different response to cardiac resynchronization therapy” got into the final and was awarded with third degree diploma,” clarified she.

Let us recall that the main target of the forum is all-world exchange of experience in providing care to patients with heart failure and implementation of management of such patients in Russia. Russian technologies for optimization of treatment of heart failure were presented at the congress.

Appeal of organizers to participants of the congress highlights that in Russia and worldwide the amount of patients with heart failure is increasing every year. It is connected with continuous aging of population in the majority of developed countries and to general progress in treatment of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases leading to congestive heart failure. To treat this disease today physician should have complex knowledge not only in modern drug therapy but also auxiliary and interventional methods. This year a lot of scientists visited the congress from abroad.

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