On February 10, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Tatarstan Minister of Healthcare Adel Vafin said that the Ministry of HealthCare of the republic has been running a publicity campaign dedicated to the year of the fight against cardiovascular diseases.

He reminded that cardiovascular diseases were the main cause of the mortality in Russia and Tatarstan.

As many as 72,296 of 96,261 people examined in Tatarstan last year had functional disorders, and 53,464 people were sent to medical institutions. A total of 10,687 patients were hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (as compared with 8,566 people in 2013), including 4,184 cases of acute myocardial infarction, 3,822 emergency diagnostic coronarography, and 2,366 emergency stentings of coronary artery. Hospital mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction amounted to 6.2 per cent, which is 26.6 per cent lower than a year earlier.

According to Adel Vafin, cardiovascular diseases are caused by arterial pressure by 35.5 per cent, high content of cholesterol by 23 per cent and smoking, little consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as low physical activity by 17.9 per cent. Also, diabetes and obesity can cause the disease progression.

“It is very important to care about health in time. I think that a physician's saying “your figures improved” can motivate a person to lead a healthy lifestyle,” Adel Vafin summed up.