{"id":2463,"date":"2024-08-09T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/consultas\/cardiology"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T11:09:43","slug":"cardiology","status":"publish","type":"consultas","link":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/consultations\/cardiology","title":{"rendered":"Cardiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cardiology consultation<\/h2>\n<div>Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Portugal and sudden death in the population is mostly due to cardiovascular causes.<\/div>\n<div>Cardiology contributes to the prevention (by controlling risk factors), screening, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>When to seek a cardiology consultation<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <strong>main cardiovascular risk factors<\/strong> are:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Hypertension<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes mellitus<\/li>\n<li>Hypercholesterolemia<\/li>\n<li>Obesity<\/li>\n<li>Smoking<\/li>\n<li>OSAS (obstructive sleep apnea syndrome)<\/li>\n<li>Family history of cardiovascular disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Of these, only family history is not modifiable.<\/div>\n<div>Arterial hypertension is still very underdiagnosed and uncontrolled, diabetes mellitus, which largely contributes to the prevalence of arterial hypertension, is on the rise, hypercholesterolemia continues to have a high prevalence of LDL-cholesterol levels above what is adequate to control cardiovascular risk, obesity is on the rise and smoking is well recognized as a risk factor.<br \/>\nOSAS (obstructive sleep apnea syndrome) is associated with high blood pressure and increased cardiovascular risk.<br \/>\nFamily history should justify early screening.<br \/>\nComplaints of tiredness and fatigue in a person, usually over the age of 50, may be due to heart failure, particularly if they are accompanied by swollen legs and feet or an irregular heartbeat.<br \/>\nComplaints of precordial (chest) pain, particularly triggered by exertion, may be indicative of ischemic heart disease (coronary heart disease).<br \/>\nPalpitations (irregular heartbeats), a feeling of tachycardia (racing heart) or bradycardia (slow heart), dizziness, episodes of loss of consciousness (fainting), should prompt a clinical assessment at a cardiology clinic, which, with complementary diagnostic tests, can identify the severity of the problem and treat it effectively.<\/div>\n<h2>Most common symptoms<\/h2>\n<div>&#8211; Tiredness and\/or shortness of breath<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Swollen legs and feet<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Chest pain<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Irregular beats<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Beats too fast or too slow<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Dizziness or fainting<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Snoring, waking up during the night, feeling of unrefreshing sleep<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Progress in cardiovascular medicine has radically changed the prognosis of people who are diagnosed and treated early.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1851,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2463","consultas","type-consultas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultas\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/consultas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xclinic.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}