The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Saudi Heart Association have launched a series of forums for physicians focused on preventing cardiovascular disease in Saudi Arabia.
The ACC announced the initiative on April 21. On that day, the ACC planned on hosting a forum on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during which speakers from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia discussed risk assessment techniques and treatment guidelines. The ACC said that future topics in the series would likely include how risk factors and health conditions effect cardiovascular disease prevention.
Pfizer supports the ACC’s cardiovascular disease prevention program. The ACC has similar programs for physicians in Egypt, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Argentina, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and China.
“As René Dubos famously stated, we need to ‘think globally, act locally,’” Daniel José Piñeiro, MD, chair of the ACC’s Assembly of International Governors, said in a news release. “To be effective in changing the culture around treating and preventing heart disease, you have to reach clinicians where they live and practice and beyond a single intervention. We are committed to working with our colleagues in Saudi Arabia to implement this program in a way that achieves maximum impact and furthers the College’s mission to prevent cardiovascular disease and improve patient care on a global scale.”
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