We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.'' Mahatma GandhiHeart disease is the first cause of morbidity and mortality in the world and in Colombia. 1,2Over the last decades, mortality due to heart disease decreased significantly, with a modest reduction in women and a more marked one in men.However, 2018 statistics show a new increase in mortality in recent years. 1 Furthermore, paradoxically, while deaths due to myocardial infarction decrease, there is an alarming increase in heart failure cases.The study of the global burden of disease for Colombia in 2017 2 establishes heart disease as the main cause of death, and gives a mortality rate for women of 130.8/100,000 inhabitants.In 2016, 16,827 were reported to have died due to heart disease, which is equivalent to 46 women/day.The most recent vital statistics report from DANE 3 [the Colombian National Department of Statistics] for January