The 7th Regional Congress of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention of cardiovascular diseases will be held in Reggio Calabria from 17 to 19 October. It will be a high-level scientific event in which prestigious nationally renowned speakers and specialists will participate.
Organized by the AICPR, the 7th Regional Congress of Cardiological Rehabilitation and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases will be held from 17 to 19 October 2024, at the Excelsior hotel in Reggio Calabria. This is a high scientific level event in which prestigious nationally renowned speakers and specialists will participate. The congress sees Dr. Bruna Miserrafiti, national vice president of AICPR and head of the Cardiac Rehabilitation department at the “Tiberio Evoli di Melito Porto Salvo” hospital, as president, and Dr. Miserrafiti herself and doctor Nicola Cosentino as scientific head, regional president of AICPR Calabria.
The program is very rich. Over the three days there will be nine thematic symposia which will deal with: cardiovascular risk factors: new horizons; old and new therapeutic and interventional strategies, first and second part; cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery; not just heart; heart failure; rehabilitative and preventive cardiology: multidisciplinary team; treatments and diagnostic strategies: update.
The president of the congress, Bruna Misserafiti, presents the event as follows: «Professional updating in the cardiology field is a constant necessity for all operators who in various capacities are involved in the fight against cardiovascular diseases. Despite continuous technological evolution, the positive results of pharmacological research and increasingly refined diagnostic methods, mortality and disability linked to cardiovascular diseases remain very high in the world and in Italy. Preventive and Rehabilitative Clinical Cardiology is the specialty of clinical Cardiology which, by virtue of its multidisciplinarity (doctors, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists and nutritionists) offers the post-acute or chronic heart disease patient a structured approach whose objective is to reduce the mortality and disabilities resulting from an acute event, improving the quality of life with a positive impact on the health economy.»
Proud of the results obtained in previous editions, the proven organizational framework is also proposed for the seventh regional Congress of Preventive and Rehabilitative Clinical Cardiology.
«The congress will begin with a mini-course dedicated again this year to electrocardiography with particular attention to electrocardiographic complications in patients after cardiac surgery. Various sessions will follow in which many topics of rehabilitative and preventive interest will be addressed: cardiac rehabilitation in various settings with a multidisciplinary approach, primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention, pharmacological adherence, progression of atherosclerotic disease, chronic heart failure, gender cardiology, updates in cardiology interventional and cardiac surgery and more. All integrated with readings by professionals with recognized experience and interactive moments of discussion. A once again challenging and stimulating program where experts in various disciplines from various parts of Italy will discuss with all of us how to promote the health of the population»
