Virginia doctors operate to cardiac patients in Cedimat

Heart disease patients were operated on at the Center for advanced medicine (Cedimat) by a team of specialists from the University of Virginia, United States, during the development of the sixth day of Mitral Valvuloplastía carried out by the facility jointly with the Foundation Heart Care Dominican.

Simultaneously with the day during the weekend was carried out a programme of assessment of patients at five hospitals in the country to those who practise studies of ecocardiogramas in order to detect this type of disease, which is common in people who have suffered fever rheumatic.

In addition took place a day aimed at disease prevention with educational activities and evaluation of diabetic patients and prediabeticos which are under study at the clinic medical Club Mauricio Báez, in Villa Juana.

Surgical time was spearheaded by the u000adoctors Pedro Ureña and Michael Ragosta, heads of the services of homodynamic Cedimat and the University of Virginia, respectively.

Seized in Cedimat patients were identified with stenosis of the mitral valve during checks carried out in days past.

Ureña revealed that during the weekend will be assessing around 500 patients who are practice free ecocardiografías in the hospitals of Haina; Moscoso Puello and Vinicio Calventi in Santo Domingo; Juan Pablo Pina, San Cristóbal and the of Nizao.

He stressed that in the six years that have made state these days have been some 100 valvuloplastía and more than 1,500 Echocardiogram, which was found about two percent of rheumatic, disease as well as other problems heart.

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