Media Release
Ajman, Mar 3: College of Pharmacy, a constituent college of Gulf Medical University organized a seminar on pharmacotherapy in the prevention and management of Cardiovascular events recently, here. The event accredited by the Ministry of Health was attended by over 100 professionals from all over UAE.
Pharmacists play a vital role in cardiovascular risk assessment- said experts at the GMU conference. Experts further felt that various groups of health care professionals can address the issue successfully only through a collaborative approach. Prospects for primary and secondary prevention are good if public health measures, health education, and preventive medicine are implemented based on existing knowledge of correctable or avoidable risk factors.
The lectures provided an insight into the causes, mechanisms and prevention of various risk factors that predispose the patients to cardiovascular complications. Various models that are currently used for risk assessment, their advantages and disadvantages were discussed by Dr. Kishore Gnana Sam, assistant professor at College of Pharmacy, GMU.
Dr Moh’d Abu Elkhair, advisor; Drugs and Medical Products Health Authority of Abu Dhabi spoke about drug induced cardiovascular diseases. He highlighted on the JNC7 and key factors in early detection of patients with pre hypertension and management of early HT.
Dr Lana Hammad, director, pharmacy services, Rahba Hospital, Abu Dhabi gave a very informative and enriching talk on reducing CVS diseases through management of dyslipidemia with suitable case presentation. She also stressed on strategic approaches for effective
management of dyslipidemia by eestablishing appropriate goals of therapy based on ATPIII guidelines.
Dr Ehab Esheiba, cardiologist, GMC Hospital, here elaborated the Clinical Management of primary hypertension in adults through a lucid and educative presentation.
Prof Shaik Altaf Basha professor and head of the department of Internal Medicine, GMC Hospital emphasised on the Pharmacotherapeutic management of cerebrovascular disease. He mentioned that stroke is the most frequent clinical manifestation of diseases of the cerebral blood
vessels, although cerebrovascular disease may present, particularly in the elderly, as a dementia. Risk factors for stroke can be subdivided into nonmodifiable, modifiable, and potentially modifiable. The risk factors for ischaemic stroke reflect the risk factors for the underlying vascular disease. About 5% are due to rare causes, including vasculitis, endocarditis and cerebral venous disease.
A role play was enacted by the students of Level VIII demonstrated by using the Framinghams risk assessment index, the role of the pharmacist in cardiovascular risk assessment.