Continues with the stage of Crotone the trip to Calabria of 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.
For those between 50 and 75 years old and who want to undergo a free echocardiogram, it is necessary to book on the website https://cardioteamfoundation.org/ and www.unavelaperilcuore.it.
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.
