According to a report from the Ministry of Health , in the past two years, the number of cases requiring cardiovascular intervention in Vietnam has increased by nearly 20% compared to previous years, especially cases of acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease. Currently, it is estimated that more than 1.3 million Vietnamese people are living with coronary artery disease, and each year, nearly 100,000 patients undergo interventional cardiovascular procedures, of which 40,000 - 50,000 coronary stent interventions are performed to save patients' lives.
In addition, the number of patients receiving intervention for other cardiovascular diseases has also increased rapidly, such as rhythm intervention, intervention for structural heart disease, intervention for large blood vessels and peripheral blood vessels. Currently, there are 6 centers in Vietnam that have been internationally certified as independent centers for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, of which 2 centers have become training centers for this technique. This also demonstrates the strong integration and development of interventional cardiology in our country.
In recent years, the Cardiology industry in Vietnam in general and Interventional Cardiology in particular have made great strides, deeply integrated with the world and successfully applied many advanced techniques, comparable to developed countries in the region and globally.
According to Prof. Dr. Pham Manh Hung, Chairman of the Vietnam Interventional Cardiology Association: "Currently, all cardiovascular diseases can be diagnosed and treated quickly and effectively domestically. This has given patients the opportunity to access modern scientific achievements right in Vietnam without having to go abroad. However, we still have certain challenges and gaps between central and local levels as well as gaps with advanced healthcare in the context of rapid scientific progress.
In particular, the field of interventional cardiology is considered the most advanced and modern field in the specialty. In order to continuously improve the quality of cardiovascular health care, we always need to continuously learn and cultivate from the valuable experiences of developed countries, update and apply the latest medical advances, share experiences among domestic colleagues and with international colleagues."
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Lan Viet, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Cardiology Association, shared that Interventional Cardiology is an increasingly developing field, increasingly proving its important and pioneering role in diagnosing and especially treating complex cardiovascular diseases. Thanks to the remarkable advances in science and technology, cardiovascular intervention techniques are becoming more popular, more effective, and bringing more benefits to patients.
This year's conference includes more than 50 scientific discussion sessions including overview sessions and live broadcast sessions on 5 complex intervention cases from 3 major cardiovascular centers nationwide at hospitals: Vietnam National Heart Institute, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, and Da Nang Hospital.
The prominent topics at this year's conference are advances in complex coronary artery interventions such as common trunk interventions, calcification interventions, interventions using intravascular imaging diagnostics... helping doctors to access complex lesions that previously could only be accessed through open heart surgery or only expected palliative medical treatment. The trend of multimodal, multidisciplinary approaches, with the patient as the center, is emphasized in many areas of cardiovascular disease intervention, bringing maximum benefits to patients. In particular, this year, issues of intervention in structural heart diseases are mentioned a lot and this is also the future trend. Techniques such as heart valve interventions, valve replacement, and heart valve repair via catheter are typical examples.
With the philosophy of minimally invasive approach, usually through puncture of blood vessels to bring devices and instruments to the heart or blood vessels to intervene and repair cardiovascular diseases is the core spirit of this specialty. Interventional cardiology not only intervenes in coronary artery diseases, contributing to saving the lives of many patients, but also expands to many other cardiovascular diseases such as large blood vessel diseases, arrhythmias, especially intervention in structural heart diseases (including heart valve diseases, congenital heart disease, and myocardial disease). It is estimated that globally, there are about 12 million cases of coronary artery intervention each year, and about 2 million cases of structural heart disease intervention.
At the conference, doctors, nurses and technicians in the field of interventional cardiology have the opportunity to meet, connect, exchange and share experiences, aiming to continuously improve the quality of treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Vietnam.
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Source: https://www.danang.gov.vn/web/guest/chinh-quyen/chi-tiet?id=61094&_c=3
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