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Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery UCAM, María Jesús Herreros, has refuted the idea of the actual functioning of the heart
The Campus of the Catholic University of Murcia inaugurated this morning the Biomedical II Conference, which this time aim to treat cardiology from a multidisciplinary approach, and are organized by grades in Nursing and Medicine of the institution.
The event was attended prominent personalities have related to the subject, as the chief of the Clinical Service of the Hospital Virgen de Murcia Arrixaca, Sergio Canovas Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Clinical Hospital of Barcelona, ​​Carlos A.
Mestres, or the Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery UCAM, María Jesús Herreros, among others.
Also, during the day in the afternoon, the head of Cardiology Department of General Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, and director of the Department of Cardiology at the university, Tomás Vicente Vera, show the 'anti-infarct shirt' they have developed.
Dr. Cánavos assured that the Region of Murcia is located within the middle in heart problems, but has clarified that despite the variety of healthy products that abound in the region of Murcia "not all healthy we should eat what, and Community Murcia have a high prevalence of obesity, and that does not help cardiovascular diseases. "
About the work they are developing for their service, he said that "we are putting in place all the techniques of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, which provide a benefit to patients and allows them to regain their normal life much sooner than with conventional surgery."
For his part, Dr. Carlos A. Physician
Mestres, who has lectured on the development of cardiovascular heart surgery, said that "we are in a country where there is a certain prevalence of valvular heart disease", and emphasized the broad field that occupies this area.
"Cardiovascular Surgery heart tries, on one hand, preserve the diseased valves of patients, provided that the possible, not always is, and secondly, to find substitutes that are used when you need to change a valve they offer the best results from the point of view of long-term monitoring. "
How does the heart actually works?
The new research on heart mechanics, has been the subject chosen by the Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and Director of Biomedical Engineering and Health Technology UCAM, María Jesús Herreros, who has defined this field as the functioning of the heart, contracts, get blood and sends blood.
Referring to new developments, the professor stressed that the concept of how the heart works is there from almost three centuries ago, and has refuted this idea.
"The functioning of the heart and the heart muscle does not contract as stated so far, but even the structure of the heart is different from what had been assumed."
In addition, the importance of these developments, Dr. Herreros has clarified that "represents a major change, and also has important implications in the treatment of diseases, pharmacology, to know the prognosis of patients with heart disease, in the development of surgical techniques, and the development of techniques for resynchronization. "
During opening have involved the Vice President for Research UCAM, Estrella Nunez, the Dean of the Bachelor of Medicine, Jerome Lajara, and the Dean of the School of Nursing, Paloma Echevarría.
Source: UCAM
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