The Krakow branch of PTK organizes free heart tests on the occasion of World Heart Day

The event organizers, including the Krakow branch of the Polish Society of Cardiology, invite everyone interested from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. On site, you will be able to perform basic tests, such as measuring blood pressure, glucose levels, cholesterol, lipid profile, as well as checking body weight, BMI and performing an ECG. If recommended by doctors, echocardiography of the heart will also be available. The test results can be immediately consulted with cardiologists and dieticians.

Cardiovascular diseases responsible for 40%. deaths

The slogan of this year's celebration is: "Cardiology for a long, healthy life. From prevention to innovations in diagnostics and therapy." As emphasized by prof. Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, president of the Krakow branch of PTK, the event aims not only to educate about heart diseases, but also to promote a healthy lifestyle.

We want to show how to recognize early symptoms of diseases, how to prevent them and how to take care of the heart on a daily basis, says the professor.

The statistics are inexorable - nearly 40 percent of deaths in Poland are the result of circulatory system diseases. The average life expectancy of Polish women is 82 years, and of Polish men - 75 years, which is still below the average of Western European countries and the USA.

We have the ambition to be as good as the best and we would like Poles to live longer and longer, but above all, to live to old age in good mental and physical condition - emphasizes Prof. Jacek Legutko, head of the Clinical Department of Interventional Cardiology at the hospital. Saint John Paul II.

There will be advice on prevention and treatment

During the event, experts will provide advice on the prevention and treatment of the most common cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, coronary heart disease, heart rhythm disorders and heart failure.

On site, you will be able to learn what risk factors are the most dangerous, when it is worth performing additional tests and how to introduce healthy habits into your everyday life.