Heart Failure Awareness Day

In order to inform the general public about the risk factors and symptoms of heart failure, the cardiology department of Caen Normandy University Hospital is organizing an awareness day in front of the Egg Amphi in the University Hospital Hall from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Come test your knowledge on heart failure and ask all your questions!

Heart failure in a few words:

Heart failure is a set of symptoms that includes fatigue, shortness of breath, edema formation and weight gain (due to water retention).
Today, it affects 1.5 million French people, particularly those over 60. With the aging of the population, this figure could increase by 25% every 4 years. Despite its dynamic progression, heart failure and its symptoms remain little known and underestimated by the population. Thus, in France, between 400,000 and 700,000 people suffer from it without knowing it.*
It is therefore essential to know the signs that should direct you towards a medical consultation.

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Management of heart failure at Caen Normandy University Hospital

The cardiology department at Caen Normandy University Hospital ensures the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of this chronic and complex pathology, particularly in the most serious cases. It offers expert and multidisciplinary care as well as innovative therapies (long-term cardiac assistance, monitoring of transplant patients, pre-cardiac transplant assessment), integrated into a structured and personalized care pathway in close collaboration with other stakeholders. cardiology (interventional, imaging, remote monitoring of patients after hospitalization).

With the support of the Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Group (GICC), the French Society of Cardiology (SFC) and the Caen University Hospital