There is up to a 30% probability of dying from a cardiovascular disease, according to an expert compared to Mexicans
Mexicans between the ages of 30 and 70 have up to a 30% chance of dying from cardiovascular disease, experts warned this Tuesday as part of the presentation of the "Rescue the heart" initiative.
Dr. Josué Isaac Elías López, assigned to the Cardiovascular Emergency Service of the Hospital de Cardiología of the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, told Efe that 40% of Mexicans die from this cause.
Following his participation in the press conference to present the "Rescue the heart" initiative, promoted by various groups such as the National Association of Cardiologists of Mexico (ANCAM) and the Society of Interventional Cardiology of Mexico (Socime), Elías López pointed out that the The problem with these conditions is that the risk factors do not cause pain.
Among these factors, the specialist mentioned overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high glucose levels, sedentary lifestyle and smoking.
"None of these risk factors have clinical manifestations" but after two or three decades of suffering from them and they end up with "overt diseases such as myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular event or kidney failure," he emphasized.
He added that most people do not die in these events but suffer the consequences, some of them catastrophic.
This, the specialist stressed, has a direct impact on his life at social, work and personal levels; and it also transcends the family and even society because there is a reduction in the years of healthy life of the individual.
"If someone has a myocardial infarction at age 45 and has a life expectancy of 75 years, they are still going to live 30 years suffering the consequences of the disease," he said.
Hence the relevance of the existence of initiatives such as "Rescue the heart", which aims to install digital kiosks for measuring cardiovascular risk in some companies affiliated with the Business Council for Health and Well-being.
At the kiosks, which will be installed in 2020, people will fill out a questionnaire and undergo a blood test to find out various indices that indicate their state of health.
With this information, which will be confidential, the person can go to their doctor to take actions that will reduce their cardiovascular risk and avoid any adverse event in the future.
Dr. Arline Salomón Molina, medical director of external relations for Latin America for the pharmaceutical company Upjohn, said that Mexico is one of the countries with the highest cardiovascular risk, which can be explained by the high prevalence of other diseases.
These, he stressed, are obesity and overweight, with seven out of every 10 Mexicans; hypertension, which occurs in three out of every 10 people in the country; hypercholesterolemia, suffered by four out of 10, and diabetes with 1.5 out of 10 Mexicans.
Dr. Elías López emphasized that in low- and middle-income countries these diseases continue to rise, while in high-income nations cardiovascular disease has been successfully reduced.
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