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Int’l workshop talks cardiovascular disease management in new era

More than 200 experts, professors, doctors and pharmacists at home and abroad exchanged experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases at an international workshop in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 7.
Int’l workshop talks cardiovascular disease management in new era ảnh 1Associate Prof. Doctor Dam Van Cuong, Director of the Nam Can Tho University Medical Centre, speaks at the workshop. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – More than 200 experts,professors, doctors and pharmacists at home and abroad exchanged experience in thediagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases at an international workshopin the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 7.

The workshop on optimising the management ofcardiovascular diseases in the modern era was held by the Nam Can ThoUniversity.

The participants provided updates on newrecommendations regarding cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment,especially amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was also intended to encourage scientificresearch by doctors and medical health workers at the Nam Can Tho UniversityMedical Centre, and by students at the university and others, said Associate Prof.Doctor Dam Van Cuong, director of the centre./.
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