President of the Lithuanian Cardiology Society, Professor Tomas Lapinskas, emphasized the importance of early diagnosis, before the person becomes ill, and the management of controllable risk factors.
"Usually, if there are no symptoms, you don't search for a disease or engage in real prevention to avoid a future heart attack or stroke. We know that access to treatment for patients who have suffered a heart attack is quite good, and they can receive innovative care.
However, continuity is also important, as is managing the risk of experiencing another event. Furthermore, the mortality rate from myocardial infarction is significantly higher in women than in men. Somehow, we've become accustomed to thinking that heart attacks are a men's disease and only men suffer from them, but women are a very important part of our society, and their symptoms are not always typical, which is why we may lose just as many of them," he stated.
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