Conference told battle against heart disease is far from over (Northern Ireland)

"The number of people who have lost their lives as a result of heart complications has fallen by more than 70% in the last 25 years. However, a conference to mark the achievements of Professor Frank Pantridge has also heard that this has led to more people than ever before living with the physical and mental consequences of coronary heart disease. In an address to the Prof Frank Pantridge Legacy Symposium, Andrew Dougal, chief executive of Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke, paid tribute to the cardiologist who transformed emergency medicine around the world and who died in 2004 - but warned that the battle against heart disease was far from over."