Programa de prevención y rehabilitación cardiaca: herramienta útil y necesaria en el tratamiento del ataque cerebrovascular

Abstract

The National Health Observatory of the National Institute of Health of Colombia, in its Bulletin No. 1 December 9, 2013, establishes cardiovascular diseases representative of the leading cause of death in the country. In the period 1998-2011, 628,630 deaths from cardiovascular diseases were registered, corresponding to 23.5% of the total deaths in Colombia. Of the deaths attributed to the selected group of cardiovascular disease, 56.3% are due to ischemic heart disease, 30.6% to cerebrovascular disease, 12.4% to hypertensive disease and 0.5% to rheumatic heart disease. Chronic1.Despite these figures and the well-known social and economic impact detected by these diseases, adequate attention is not paid to cerebrovascular diseases, a concern that should not be neglected and that involves successful intervention from different specialties. medical, as well as an implementation of strategies that improves the load generated by it.