UK - Heart disease deaths fall by one third
The number of deaths from heart disease in the United Kingdom fell by a third in a decade, according to a study published yesterday. New research has revealed that a rapid increase in a wide range of care was a key factor in reducing deaths from heart disease in the United Kingdom. However, the study conducted by Professor Keith Fox, a cardiologist at the University of Edinburgh, warned that there were large gaps in the provision of care in hospitals across the country. The four year study, published in the European Heart Journal, showed that the mortality rate among men dropped from 393 per 100,000 in 1990 to 226 per 100,000 in 2000.In the same period of 10 years has decreased the mortality rate of women with heart disease of 145 per 100,000 to 78 per 100,000, according
to statistics from the British Heart Foundation. Although reduction in mortality from heart attacks leveled in the United Kingdom over the last two years, says the study, differences in the length of time that hospitals implement new therapies. Consequently, the patient a chance of surviving a heart attack, where you live and where they depend on medical treatment in a hospital.The global registry of acute coronary events was launched in 1999 to record data from more than 12,000 heart disease patients in 94 hospitals in 14 developed countries. We found that patients with acute myocardial infarction or angina pectoris received different treatment programs, according to national health priorities and differences between hospitals. The discrepancies occurred despite the
establishment of international guidelines for the use of light with acute coronary syndrome. The study also shows how some hospitals adopted new treatments and therapies more quickly, while others on board slowly, despite the high production targets for their effectiveness.For example, a teaching hospital offering a high degree of specialization of the staff, so you can implement new therapies more quickly.