Tuesday, March 4, the Bus du Coeur des Femmes begins its 2025 tour in Cannes. For four years, the operation has improved screening for cardiovascular disease in women.
- Since 2021, the Act for the hearts of women has been circulating a bus throughout France.
- It allows women to access cardiovascular risk screening in ten stages.
- Nearly 15,000 women have been able to benefit from it since 2021.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death of women in France and worldwide. Since 2021, the Act for the hearts of women has organized a screening tour thanks to a bus to improve the prevention of these pathologies. Tuesday March 4, 2025, the bus begins its Tour de France in Cannes. For three days, it will be installed at the Pantiero Esplanade, on the old port and will allow free screening, upon registration, for women in the sector.
Bus of the Heart of Women: Ten -step screening
Before the bus, women wishing to benefit from it must register for the health service of their municipality. On D -Day, screening lasts two hours and takes place in ten stages. On site, doctors, nurses, cardiologists, midwives and gynecologists are present. After the presentation of the system, each participant talks to a doctor. Then, the cardiovascular risk is analyzed thanks to various examinations, including a blood pressure measurement, and by identifying any symptoms. The so -called metabolic risk is also studied: weight and size measurements, dosage of blood sugar and lipids. This examination makes it possible to identify hypercholesterolemia or overweight, which can be risk factors. A gynecology interview is also carried out in order to identify possible risky situations. It is followed by addictology with the aim of identifying addictive behavior. Then, an electrocardiogram is carried out, and if necessary, an arterial screening by echo doppler. At the end of the process, a doctor synthesizes screening. Depending on situations, a letter can be sent to the attending physician, or additional appointments may be made. Before leaving, each woman receives a bag with brochures and documentation, as well as a self -sufficiency to make self -mode.
Cardiovascular risk: Improve prevention To avoid diseases
“”Since its launch in 2021, the operation has been cut nearly 15,000 women in 53 stages across Franceannounces the association in a press release. The prevention of these pathologies is a public health emergency: 90 % of women passed by the bus had at least two cardiovascular risk factors, and almost half combined two cardiovascular risk factors and two gyneco-obstetrics risk factors. “According to his estimates, in eight in ten cases, lifestyle changes and regular medical follow -up allow the disease to be avoided.
“”With the support of health insurance, we move the lines to save ever more lives: now, each woman entering the menopause will receive a dedicated mailing to benefit from a consultation integrating a cardiovascular risk assessment, as part of the 45-50 year prevention assessmentcompletes Professor Claire Mounier-Véhier, co-founder to act for the hearts of women, cardiologist and vascular doctor at the Lille University Hospital. The Bus of the Heart of Women is much more than a simple screening operation, it is an accelerator for the implementation of a prevention in large -scale actions.“After Cannes, the vehicle will stop in many French cities in 2025 including Anglet, Béthune, Auxerre, Poitiers or Rouen.
