Dr. Marco A. Martinez Rios, General Director of the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico elaborates on the institution's rich history in Mexico and its contributions to cardiology through research, teaching and treatment.
As the general director of the National Institute of Cardiology, could you introduce yourself to our international readers as well as the key purpose of the Institute in Mexico?
"Cardiovascular diseases present an enormous issue in Mexico and we urge the media to highlight the gaps and the urgency of the situation. In medicine it is not a competition against other diseases, but rather we are all working for the health of the patients."
