The national cardiovascular prevention campaign ‘Truck Tour Banca del Cuore 2022’ starts again on Friday throughout Italy, promoted by the Foundation for your heart of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (Anmco), with the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, of the National Civil Protection, Rai-Social Responsibility and Federsanità-Anci.
The impact of Covid
“The impact of Covid-19 has caused a huge worsening of cardiovascular diseases; in the last two years, the pandemic has changed lifestyles for the worse on the one hand and reduced heart visits and checks on the other – he explains. Michele Gulizia, president of the Foundation for Your Heart – Numerous studies have also found an increase in cardiovascular disease in those who have had Covid-19. Prevention becomes, therefore, today even more crucial since it allows to avoid many cardiovascular events and for this reason being able to identify the risk factors and be aware of one’s health is the first step to protect our heart “.
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Over the next 7 months, from April to November, a specially set up Jumbo Truck will return to stop in the heart of over 34 Italian cities, “to offer all citizens the opportunity to undergo a complete and free cardiological screening, placing thus the focus on cardiovascular prevention, today even more decisive after the aggravating effect that the recent pandemic has had in various respects on the hearts of Italians, with the aim of reducing cardiac deaths which still remain the leading cause of death in Italy. our country “, underlines the Foundation for your heart.
A health card
All citizens who join the Truck will be given a personal BancomHeart, a unique card in the world that allows 24-hour access to their electrocardiogram, blood pressure values, pathologies suffered, therapies taken, lifestyles performed and all cardiological and laboratory tests performed “All data will thus be stored in a virtual ‘safe’ which allows, through a secret password known only by the user, to connect from Italy or abroad to the Bank of Cuore to consult or download your clinical data whenever you want, or make them available to your doctor or to an emergency room in case of a health emergency.
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“The Banca del Cuore allows citizens to take advantage of a complete, rapid and immediately shareable cardiovascular screening with their own doctor or other specialists around the world, in real time and with 24-hour coverage – underlines Gulizia – Tra the modifiable risk factors are diabetes, which if not properly controlled can favor atherosclerosis and possible multisystem damage, hypercholesterolemia, low blood HDL values, arterial hypertension, sedentary lifestyle and cigarette smoking “.
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Focus on prevention
“Despite the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, I would like to emphasize that these are largely preventable through the adoption of healthy lifestyles. Therefore – continues Gulizia – weight control, a healthy diet, physical activity are fundamental. regular and abolition of cigarette smoking and especially the consumption of energy drinks because from a young age, counteracting these bad habits helps to reduce or maintain blood pressure, cholesterolemia, fasting blood sugar and body mass index at levels The prevention campaign ‘Truck Tour Banca del Cuore 2022’ allows us to go directly to the homes of the Italians, or to the squares of the main cities, where since 2016 we have been actively carrying out this important free cardiovascular prevention screening. so far never made in our country, which until today, thanks to this widespread diffusion, has allowed us to distribute ol three 50,600 BancomHeart to as many citizens and to save many lives “.
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