On its second webicon session, Cardinal Santos Medical Center focused on promoting awareness about Cardiovascular Diseases. Esteemed specialists discussed about the importance of caring for one's heart to prevent cardiovascular ailments and at the same time, how to address or treat an existing heart ailment. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.
CSMC doctors include Dr. Ariel Miranda, Head of Cardinal Santos' Cardiovascular Institute; Dr. Rochelle Regina Cruz, Critical Care and Heart Failure Unit Head; Dr. Lourdes Ella Santos, Head of Preventive Cardiology; and DR. Regidor Encabo as moderator.
According to Dr. Encabo, there is a perception that cardiovascular diseases only occur among adults aged 60 above, but based on actual cases, there are now a growing number of young people developinng these disease, "That is why it is vital that people learn to identify and manage heart disease risk factors."
Dr. Cruz presented a very animated presentation about heart failure and its symptoms. She is a Heart Failure Cardiologist.
