Public awareness of SCD a priority for local society

Barcelona will be the centre of attention during these five intense days and our task as the local scientific society is to draw attention to sudden cardiac death. In Spain alone there are more than 40.000 sudden cardiac arrests per year and fewer than 5% survive. Treatment in the first minutes after an arrest makes the difference between life and death.  Read more Topics: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation
Source: ESC News and Press - Category: Cardiology Source Type: news