(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 03 - The camper-clinic of the Associazione Italiana Scompensati Cardiaci (Aisc) departed on September 29 from the Tor Vergata Polyclinic in Rome, which in the next few weeks will cross Italy to provide information on heart failure and to offer free visits to citizens.
"The awareness campaigns that intercept citizens on the territory, in their daily life, in the workplace and in life have proved to be very welcome and have a fundamental role in order not only to improve the awareness of the people who face this pathology every day, but also to promote greater knowledge in the general population in order to intercept the disease in its initial phase and improve its prognosis ", said Salvatore Di Somma, director of the Aisc scientific committee.
The camper will reach Florence, Bologna, Brescia, Tradate, Pavia, Como, Chivasso, Treviso, Jesi, Bari, Matera, Vieste, Naples, Reggio Calabria, Catania, Syracuse, Caltanissetta, Palermo, Telese Terme to return on October 20 to Rome.
"Unfortunately, cardiovascular diseases are still one of the leading causes of death in the world and also in Italy. But, fortunately, we also know that 80% of cardiovascular events can be prevented with adequate prevention and information," he said. Chiara Gnocchi, Head of Country Communications and Patient Engagement of NovartisItalia.
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