Cardiovascular disease in Australia cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure (hypertension) causes stress to the heart and its function that leads to heart disease. Males experience heart disease caused by hypertension than women. One in five Australians with high blood pressure suffers from heart disease (Nichols, 2014). A key step to prevent any type of heart disease is addressing the risk factors. Such as not smoking or use of drugs, regular exercising, have healthy diet, maintain healthy weight and have regular health screening to check up on blood pressure. These lifestyle changes reduces the risk of developing heart disease (Wood & Gordon, 2011). Prescribed medications
ESC Congress ESC Congress The ESC Congress is the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the largest medical congress in Europe. It gathers over 30,000 active participants (mainly cardiologists) and takes place every year in August/September in a different European city. In 2017, the ESC Congress takes place from 26 to 30 August in Barcelona, Spain The first ESC Congress was held in 1950 and from then on every 4 years until 1988, when it became an annual event. The city to hold the ESC Congress the next year is known: After the 2017 ESC Congress Barcelona became the