. The goal of the summit was to bring cardiovascular disease mortality to the forefront of public discourse and to identify the main actionable challenges posed by CVD, with the aim of long-term mortality reductions by 2025.
What is evident is that we must create a heart coalition to prioritize cardiovascular care in this country. This is essential to becoming more efficient and more strategic in driving down the risk factors of cardiovascular disease while building sustainable capacity in our health care system. In the time it took you to read this op-ed, another Canadian will have died from a likely preventable disease. By working together, we can help Canada reduce the burden of CVD on patients, their families and caregivers, making sure they don’t suffer the same fate — in the process, improving health and health care for millions of Canadians.Thank you for your support. If you liked this story, please send it to a friend. Every share counts.