How to Detect Early Signs of Heart Disease
How to Detect Early Signs of Heart Disease
Even if you have no symptoms, you may still be at risk for heart disease. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms. A lack of symptoms, however, doesn’t mean that heart disease is undetectable.
On the contrary, early detection of heart disease leads to the best outcomes for patients, ensuring that your treatment plan begins with a proactive conversation with a cardiologist and not a trip to the Emergency Room. That’s why the CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute created the HeartSmart Screening Program.
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6.319 -> a heart month has begun and it's a good
8.08 -> reminder because despite all the
9.519 -> headlines you hear these days the number
11.04 -> one killer in arkansas is still heart
12.96 -> disease but it does not have to be that
14.88 -> way here's craig o'neill
18.64 -> what an armory is for a soldier a heart
21.279 -> clinic is for a cardiologist like
24.8 -> right c.h ice and vincent cardiologist
27.359 -> dr charles cloxton it's here at the
29.92 -> clinic where the heart disease battle
31.92 -> can be won try and catch people early
34.559 -> before they have you know major problems
36.88 -> and what makes the effort so successful
39.2 -> tests that make you heart smart an
42.48 -> ultrasound reflects the velocity of
44.48 -> blood flow on this test this is called
46.32 -> ankle brachial indices and we are
48.879 -> checking to see whether there is any
50.32 -> evidence of any blockages in the
51.92 -> arteries
53.039 -> to your legs blockage it is the primary
56.32 -> suspect when there's a cholesterol
58.399 -> buildup the body has an answer the
60.719 -> body's response to that cholesterol
62.64 -> plaque in the blood vessel wall is to
64.72 -> deposit calcium and so the more calcium
67.2 -> that's built up in the arteries the
68.72 -> greater your chances are that you've got
70.56 -> a significant blockage somewhere it's
72.96 -> why you need to know your coronary
75.439 -> calcium score
77.04 -> like golf the lower the score the better
80.08 -> and to get your coronary calcium score
83.439 -> you don't go to a golf course you go to
85.439 -> the ct scanner
87.28 -> which does have a hole in one
91.28 -> what we're doing with the ct scan is
93.04 -> looking for that calcium and we just
95.04 -> scratched the surface here the tests the
97.6 -> screenings that can make you heart smart
100.32 -> what you need to be beginning with males
103.119 -> age 40 or older females 45 or older you
106.479 -> can potentially slow down the
107.68 -> progression of coronary artery disease
110.799 -> maybe even halt it and in rare
112.64 -> circumstances may see some reversal of
114.88 -> their coronary artery disease one visit
117.6 -> several tests all for one heart
121.04 -> yours
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFivWLABNNw