Held for the first time in 3 years!Joso City Citizen's Health Plaza (event report)

On March 3th (Sun), Joso City Citizen's Health Plaza was held.Citizen Health Plaza is a business trip type lecture held by our clinic so that everyone in the community can understand medical knowledge correctly.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the event was postponed, but it will be held in cooperation with the government for the first time in three years.

This time, Vice Director Hidetaka Nishina (Department of Cardiovascular Medicine) gave a lecture to 44 people in the area under the theme of "Familiar valvular heart disease and the latest treatment."The main symptoms of "aortic valve stenosis," which will get worse without treatment, and videos of "transcatheter aortic valve placement (TAVI)," which is a less invasive treatment for patients. He explained in detail the “practice of treatment” while showing such things.

Vice Director Nishina said, ``It is important for family members to be aware of aortic stenosis through their daily lives. Let's do it," he said, conveying the importance of early detection.

Participants commented, "My father died of heart valve disease, so I was able to ask about it as if it were my own," and "I learned a lot from hearing about the latest medical technology."

In the future, our hospital will continue to cooperate with the region and hold a business trip type lecture meeting in the region.

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