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Angina awareness stepping up in China

By Liu Zhihua | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-11-20 10:45
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Among all cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, also known as coronary artery disease, is the deadliest worldwide, and angina is its typical symptom, which will cause metabolic disorder and deficient cardiac energy supply. [Photo/IC]

As China's Heart Infarction Day falls on Nov 20 every year, Servier China, the French pharmaceutical's Chinese branch, sponsored the country's version of the "knowing angina starts from me" awareness initiative, a global initiative launched by the European Society of Cardiology's Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy to raise awareness of angina, a life-threatening condition typically marked by severe pain in the chest.

The China Angina Awareness Initiative is organized by the China Cardiovascular Alliance and China Heart House and kicked off on Sunday, aiming to improve prevention, treatment and management of angina in China.

Fifty-four countries and regions have participated in the global initiative, and the China initiative will be carried out in cities and provinces in the form of a series of forums, events and patient education activities to raise angina awareness among both doctors and patients, said Huo Yong, vice-president of the China Cardiovascular Alliance and the chief physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Peking University First Hospital.

The program is not only intended to increase public awareness of angina, but also standardize and improve diagnosis and treatment, said ZengWenming, deputy secretary-general of the China Cardiovascular Alliance.

Among all cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, also known as coronary artery disease, is the deadliest worldwide, and angina is its typical symptom, which will cause metabolic disorder and deficient cardiac energy supply.

Symptoms such as chest pain, feeling pressure in the chest, shortness of breath and sweating can often be mistaken as normal in daily life and many people simply try to "tough it out" and ignore the huge health risks, Huo said.

The incidence of angina pectoris is as high as 33 percent among cardiology patients, and up to 44 percent of patients with frequent angina pectoris have not received optimal treatment, according to ESC statistics.

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