CARDIOLOGY 51% of people with atrial fibrillation are not aware of your risk of stroke
Carla Nieto · March 23, 2011 10:45
. Filings Survey results SPEAK, most conducted on this disease, which has had the participation of 3,700 respondents in different countries.
More than half of those diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) are unaware they have a high risk of experiencing a stroke, a process that is five times more common in these patients. This is the main finding in the survey dropped SPEAK about AF (Education, Awareness and Knowledge of Stroke Prevention), the largest conducted so far on this disease. It involved 3,700 people from different countries, including Spain, and had as main objective to identify the aspects that should improve information and education about the risk of stroke related to AF.
As explained by Dr. Ariel Cohen, the Sainte-Antoine Hospital in Paris, "atrial fibrillation, the heart rhythm disturbance common among the population, affecting 9 million people around the world and it looks that this figure will increase significantly in the coming years. Likewise, it is estimated that every year 3 million people suffer a stroke related to this disease, which means that a patient every 12 seconds is affected by this type of stroke. " Dr. Cohen explained that the AF-related stroke has characteristics that make it different, "is more severe, more disabling and also implies a higher mortality than those caused by other causes, hence the importance of patients with atrial fibrillation are properly aware of this risk and subject to medication to control it. "
Meanwhile, Trudie Lobban, representative of the AFA (Association of Atrial Fibrillation), discussed other findings from the survey: "One of the most striking is the impact FA negative on the lives of people who suffer: 64% confessed to having less active and 55% of patients defined the disease as a tremendous burden they have to endure. Also noteworthy is the ignorance that many patients have AF and its consequences: for example, 41% of respondents said they do not feel adequately informed about the risk of suffering a stroke that involves atrial fibrillation. "
The presentation was also presented the campaign "1 Mission, 1 Million. Direct Stroke Heart, "which will take place worldwide, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and that Spain supported English Society of Cardiology, the Study Group Cerebrovascular Disease of the English Society of Neurology and the English Federation of anticoagulated patients. This is a pioneering initiative which aims to raise awareness about the AF and stroke prevention. "The final purpose of this project is to achieve early diagnosis and appropriate treatment. This campaign was launched in August 2010 with the presentation of various projects by health professionals and organizations around the world. We currently have a total of 184 projects from 36 countries. Voting is now open to the public through www.alcorazondelictus.com website, and these votes, to be completed in June, will the winners of 32 awards for a total of one million euros, "said Eve Knight, director of AntiCoagulation Europe (ACE).
The event was also attended by actress Jane Seymour, very involved in raising awareness of the relationship between atrial fibrillation and stroke, who had the experience with his mother, who died because of this disease, and insisted the need to undergo the necessary checks to diagnose this disease early.
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