Session: Non-adherence is the new cardiovascular risk factor
Cardiovascular diseases are often asymptomatic. Their “silence” is one of the contributing factors to treatment non-adherence. Based on an extensive literature review, Professor Lale Tokgözoğlu demonstrates the medical and social burden of treatment non-adherence in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Her presentation addresses the causes of non-adherence as declared by patients and non-adherence’s consequences for their…