Chong Hua opens sports cardiology clinic

First. One of those who attended the opening of the Sports Cardiology Clinic tries one of the equipment at Chong Hua Hospital. (SUN.STAR FOTO/Ruel Rosello)

THE Chong Hua Hospital Heart Institute formally launched its Sports Cardiology clinic and facilities inside the hospitals premises yesterday.

The Sports Cardiology, which was first launched in September last year and will be operational starting tomorrow, will be the first in Cebu.

There were talks that the discipline has been ongoing in Metro Manila, but Cebu was the first to launch it in the country last year, sports cardiologist Dr. Carolyn Fermin told reporters when asked if this practice is now done in other parts of the country.

Fermin was joined by sports cardiologists Ma. Rosan Trani, Karen Caudor, Alex Junia, Marivic Vestal and Peter Mancao, Francisco Chio, sports med specialists Rhoel Timothy Dejao, orthopedic surgeon Jose Antonio San Juan, and rheumatologist Ronald Eullaran.

The Sports Cardiology clinic will accommodate athletes, sports enthusiasts, and those people who want to the start doing physical activity. The aim is to evaluate or treat cardiovascular conditions.

This is the study of the cardiovascular system, it will have the cardiovascular care for athletesprofessional or recreational, especially to those engage in high intensity sports, said Trani.

We accommodate athletes who want to have a cardiovascular work-up, athletes who stopped and want to start again, injured athletes, athletes with congenital heart problem, and sports enthusiasts, added Trani.

Vestal said that the mandatory pre-screening before joining a race or engaging into sporting activity in the other countries have helped lessen the heart-related deaths among athletes.

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Chong Hua opens sports cardiology clinic