Medical experts yesterday in Ibadan warned Nigerians against trending cardiac diseases in the country.
The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Professor Temitope Alonge who gave the warning at a symposium organised by the Association of Radiologists in Nigeria, said Nigerians needed to pay more attention to their health.
A doctor of radiology, Adewole Adebiyi, said: “cardiovascular diseases are group of disorder of the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases killed 17.5million people globally and this has to be addressed. Economic burden is one of the challenges facing us in this part of the world while lack of exercise, abdominal obesity and smoking are responsible for the diseases.”
Another doctor, Akinyemi Aje who spoke on the theme “cardiac imaging-echocardiography and coronary angiography” reiterated the commitment of the UCH to providing accurate examination.
