Continues with the stage of Crotone the trip to Calabria for the heart screening campaign promoted by Cardioteam Foundation Onlus, in collaboration with the Italian Naval League.
From May 27th to June 1st Dulcinea, the sailing boat equipped with a sonographer and wireless echocardiogram that is circumnavigating Italy, will land in Crotone.
Since her journey began in September 2023 in the port of Imperia, Dulcinea has been bringing the prevention of stroke and heart attack along the coasts of our country (still one of the main causes of mortality and disability in Italy), and in 12 months it will touch 30 Italian ports carrying out over 3000 free echocardiograms on subjects aged 50 to 75.
Getting on board is very easy.
All people aged 50 to 75 who undergo an echocardiogram will receive the test results and a brochure on the lifestyle to adopt to prevent heart attack and stroke. In the Cardioteam Foundation Onlus tent, set up for about a week in each port of call, training will be given on nutrition, physical activity, control of blood pressure, diabetes and blood cholesterol.
“Prevention – states the Dr. Marco Diena – save more than cures! I strongly believe in the importance of prevention. Cardiovascular diseases have the sad distinction of being the leading cause of death from heart attack and disability from stroke, surpassing all cancers combined. But heart disease is not a fatality, it can be detected and treated. No segment of the population is totally free from risk, not even young people. However, it is important for everyone to know that in addition to the non-modifiable risk factors, attributable to age, sex and family history, there are also the so-called modifiable ones, which depend exclusively on lifestyle. In the Cardioteam – Una Vela per il Cuore tour we bring the culture of prevention among the people, we distribute information material to everyone, so that each stop allows us to reach thousands of people, their friends, their families… The more people we manage to inform , the more people we will be able to save!”
“We are pleased to take the baton from the Sections of the Italian Naval League that preceded us in this “relay” for health prevention. We are pleased to welcome the “Dulcinea” project boat and the Cardioteam staff in Crotone to our Section, a point of reference for the Italian Naval League in Calabria, and to thus support this national cardiological prevention campaign in favor of citizens and everyone members who will be able to undergo a free check-up. The Naval League of Crotone, present for over 90 years in the area, has always been open to collaborating in initiatives such as A sail for the heart”, declares the president of the Italian Naval League Crotone Section, Gianni Liotti.
THE CARDIOTEAM JOURNEY – A SAIL FOR THE HEART
| • | 1 boat, Dulcinea |
| • | 1 camper |
| • | 12 months |
| • | 30 stages |
| • | Hundreds of volunteers |
| • | Over three thousand nautical miles to travel |
| • | More than 3000 free echocardiograms to be performed |
These are the numbers of Cardioteam – A sail for the heart, a unique project in Europe which was born from the idea of cardiac surgeon Marco Diena, president of Cardioteam Foundation Onlus, and which continues the great screening journey carried out by Cardioteam’s Cardiovan. From 2014 to today, Cardioteam Foundation Onlus, thanks to the help of cardiac surgeons and cardiologists and non-medical professionals who are part of the foundation, has reached 48 Italian cities and more than 16,000 free echocardiograms have been carried out.
Traveling over three thousand nautical miles will be Dulcinea, a historic 14-metre wooden sailboat built in 1991 by the Carlini shipyard based on a design by Carlo Sciarelli and registered in the naval register of the Italian Naval League, which has won several regattas in Italy and abroad in the “Spirit of Tradition” class. Dulcinea’s journey will be supported at an operational and logistical level by the structures and members of the Italian Naval League, which has been involved in socio-solidarity activities for 126 years.
The journey is dedicated to two great men and sailors: the lawyer. Gianfranco Putaturo and the engineer. Sandro Buzzi.
