Dr. Enrique Melgarejo, President of the Colombian Society for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery explains the association’s role in the education of cardiologists and primary healthcare physicians, the association’s collaboration with multinational laboratories operating in Colombia and the benefits of such actions for patients in Colombia. Dr. Melgarejo also speaks of his pride at having made healthcare practitioners enthusiastic about detecting and treating cardiovascular diseases and hopes to improve the approach and diagnostic rates among the Colombian population for such illnesses.
Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in Colombia. What is the role and activities of the Colombian society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery?
"Our practitioners are highly qualified and the hospitals available throughout the country match the state of the art infrastructure present in western countries."
