{"id":12906,"date":"2025-09-26T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=12906"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:35:27","slug":"ireland-urged-to-tackle-cardiovascular-disease-with-national-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/news\/ireland-urged-to-tackle-cardiovascular-disease-with-national-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland urged to tackle cardiovascular disease with national strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"475\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-12908\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/09\/26122901\/vicky-1758889739-BrendanMcAdam.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/09\/26122901\/vicky-1758889739-BrendanMcAdam.jpg 476w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/09\/26122901\/vicky-1758889739-BrendanMcAdam-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Prof Brendan McAdam<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">President, Irish Cardiac Society<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This World Heart Day, the theme \u2018Heart for Action\u2019 calls on individuals, communities and governments to take proactive steps to combat heart disease and improve heart health.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year in Ireland, nearly 9,000 people lose their lives to cardiovascular disease (CVD), and thousands more live with life-changing consequences. This is not just a health issue; In 2021, the estimated costs attributed to CVD in Ireland (including health and social care, as well as losses due to morbidity and mortality) were \u20ac3.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategic-action-on-cardiovascular-disease\"><strong>Strategic action on cardiovascular disease<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Irish Cardiac Society (ICS) has been advocating alongside partner cardiac societies for an EU Cardiovascular plan and implementation of a National Cardiovascular Health Strategy. Priorities include timely and equitable access to services and embracing effective treatments according to the latest European Society of Cardiology guidelines. It also supports the use of registries to collect accurate data on healthcare provision to meet health service demands, the accessibility for all for cardiac rehabilitation services throughout the country and the recently established community hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Each year in Ireland, nearly <br>9,000 people lose their lives to <br>cardiovascular disease (CVD).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-and-infrastructure-advances-in-cardiology\"><strong>AI and infrastructure advances in cardiology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICS also endorses better use of existing resources in primary and secondary care, alongside sufficient investment in initiatives, infrastructure and AI. This will support individuals and communities in prioritising heart health and preventing disease. The Society is also working closely with the Faculty of Radiology to advance the use of Cardiac Imaging in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICS annual meeting in October will bring together its members along with nursing and physiologist colleagues for Ireland\u2019s largest cardiology meeting.&nbsp;Delegates will hear keynote and abstract presentations deliver updates on clinical and research developments, plus best practices in cardiovascular care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inclusive-and-gender-specific-cardiology-care\"><strong>Inclusive and gender-specific cardiology care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An international session with speakers from the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology and the British Cardiovascular Society will explore gender-specific care, highlighting the issues, challenges and opportunities in the treatment of women with CVD. This aligns closely with the Society\u2019s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging for both cardiology colleagues and the patient population across Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#32373c;background-color:#00d1b2\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-notice ab-font-size-18 ab-block-notice\" data-id=\"5e5432\"><div class=\"ab-notice-text\" style=\"border-color:#00d1b2\"><p>The 76th\u00a0ICS annual scientific meeting and AGM will take place October 16\u201318 in Killarney. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.irishcardiacsociety.ie&amp;umid=205bbe26-880a-4415-a290-2e7420bbbc61&amp;rct=1753820395&amp;auth=bfa56b8f97292fd087f09bee35e20eebc2a0b947-0408e0d6e65865f1c30e36591cc17a2b68033e5d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.irishcardiacsociety.ie<\/a>\u00a0for details.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This World Heart Day, the theme \u2018Heart for Action\u2019 calls on individuals, communities and governments to take proactive steps to combat heart disease and improve heart health. Each year in Ireland, nearly 9,000 people lose their lives to cardiovascular disease (CVD), and thousands more live with life-changing consequences. This is not just a health issue; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/news\/ireland-urged-to-tackle-cardiovascular-disease-with-national-strategy\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":12909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5983],"class_list":["post-12906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiovascular-health-2025"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/09\/26123332\/vicky-1758890003-AdobeStock_1404081836-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/09\/26123332\/vicky-1758890003-AdobeStock_1404081836-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"henryphillips","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/henryphillips\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12910,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906\/revisions\/12910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}