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Cardiovascular screening programme in the Central Hungarian region. The Budakalász Study

INTRODUCTION The reduction in mortality due to prevention programmes observed in some European countries is not currently reached in Hungary. Effective prevention is based on the screening of risk factors and health state of the population. AIM The goal of this study was to develop a longitudinal, population-based screening programme in the Central Hungarian region in order to collect information on the health state and cardiovascular risk profile of the citizens and discover new potential cardiovascular risk factors. METHOD The Budakalász Study is a self-voluntary programme involving the adult population (>20 yrs, approx. 8000 persons), and it consists of questionnaires, non-invasive tests (anthropometry, cardiac echo, carotid duplex scan, blood pressure measurement, ankle-brachial index), venous blood sample collection and laboratory tests. RESULTS Until January, 2014, 2420 persons (30% of the population, male: 41.2%, average age 54.8 years) participated in the programme. Cardiovascular morbidity was higher in contrast to a former national survey. The number of risk factors and, therefore, 10-year cardiovascular risk were also elevated in this population. CONCLUSIONS These findings underline the importance of screening programmes and effective therapies.

Idiopathiás pulmonalis artériás hypertonia mellett vállalt sikeres terhesség

Absztrakt Az idiopathias pulmonalis arterias hypertonia ismeretlen eredetű korkep, amelyet a pulmonalis erek progressziv obstrukcioja kovetkezteben kialakulo emelkedett pulmonalis rezisztencia es kovetkezmenyes jobbszivfel-elegtelenseg jellemez. Idiopathias pulmonalis arterias hypertonia mellett kialakult terhesseg soran az anyai es magzati halalozas rendkivul magas, ezert az ebben a korkepben szenvedő betegeknel a terhesseg vallalasa kontraindikalt. A szerzők az első, Magyarorszagon gondozott, idiopathias pulmonalis arterias hypertoniaban szenvedő beteg sikeres terhessegenek esetet ismertetik. Az esetbemutatas arra kivanja felhivni a figyelmet, hogy idiopathias pulmonalis arterias hypertoniaval szovődott graviditas monitorozasa es ellatasa multidiszciplinaris feladat. Szulesz-nőgyogyasz, belgyogyasz-kardiologus es aneszteziologus egyuttműkodese szukseges a terhesseg, a szules es a post partum időszak folyaman. Azokat a betegeket, akik a magas kockazat ellenere vallaljak a terhesseg kihordasat, multidiszc...

Cardiovascularis szűrőprogram a közép-magyarországi régióban.Budakalász Vizsgálat | Cardiovascular screening programme in the Central Hungarian region. The Budakalász Study

INTRODUCTION The reduction in mortality due to prevention programmes observed in some European countries is not currently reached in Hungary. Effective prevention is based on the screening of risk factors and health state of the population. AIM The goal of this study was to develop a longitudinal, population-based screening programme in the Central Hungarian region in order to collect information on the health state and cardiovascular risk profile of the citizens and discover new potential cardiovascular risk factors. METHOD The Budakalász Study is a self-voluntary programme involving the adult population (>20 yrs, approx. 8000 persons), and it consists of questionnaires, non-invasive tests (anthropometry, cardiac echo, carotid duplex scan, blood pressure measurement, ankle-brachial index), venous blood sample collection and laboratory tests. RESULTS Until January, 2014, 2420 persons (30% of the population, male: 41.2%, average age 54.8 years) participated in the programme. Cardiovascular morbidity was higher in contrast to a former national survey. The number of risk factors and, therefore, 10-year cardiovascular risk were also elevated in this population. CONCLUSIONS These findings underline the importance of screening programmes and effective therapies.

Cardiovascularis szuroprogram a közép-magyarországi régióban. Budakalász Vizsgálat

INTRODUCTION The reduction in mortality due to prevention programmes observed in some European countries is not currently reached in Hungary. Effective prevention is based on the screening of risk factors and health state of the population. AIM The goal of this study was to develop a longitudinal, population-based screening programme in the Central Hungarian region in order to collect information on the health state and cardiovascular risk profile of the citizens and discover new potential cardiovascular risk factors. METHOD The Budakalász Study is a self-voluntary programme involving the adult population (>20 yrs, approx. 8000 persons), and it consists of questionnaires, non-invasive tests (anthropometry, cardiac echo, carotid duplex scan, blood pressure measurement, ankle-brachial index), venous blood sample collection and laboratory tests. RESULTS Until January, 2014, 2420 persons (30% of the population, male: 41.2%, average age 54.8 years) participated in the programme. Cardiovascular morbidity was higher in contrast to a former national survey. The number of risk factors and, therefore, 10-year cardiovascular risk were also elevated in this population. CONCLUSIONS These findings underline the importance of screening programmes and effective therapies.