He survived a 'widowmaker' heart attack, & now wants to tell you something
He survived a 'widowmaker' heart attack, & now wants to tell you something
Had he waited for fear of COVID-19, his outcome likely would not have been the same. Monica Robins shares his story.
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0 -> emergency calls for heart attacks have
1.74 -> dropped since March but that is not
3.21 -> necessarily good news
4.98 -> doctors caution heart disease is not
7.379 -> slowing down during this pandemic rather
9.78 -> fear of medical treatments due to the
11.73 -> corona virus is stopping people from
13.71 -> getting the help they need
15 -> well tonight a man who recently survived
17.19 -> the deadliest type of heart attack
19.14 -> shares a message for all of us don't
21.779 -> wait get help
23.4 -> Monica Robins reports Gary Roderick did
26.55 -> what so many of us have done to during
28.65 -> the pandemic I had put on 15 pounds
30.869 -> because of Kovach my wife was sent home
34.11 -> and no cooking all the time we sat
37.53 -> around and watched television I was
39.21 -> myself and on April 18th the day after
42.87 -> yard work and time spent on his exercise
45.27 -> bike Gary just didn't feel right
47.82 -> no major pain but something was off
49.829 -> trusting his instincts Gary took an
52.469 -> aspirin and asked wife Nancy to call an
54.84 -> ambulance by chance a squad was just a
57.69 -> few blocks away
58.829 -> getting to Gary's house in just five
60.69 -> minutes by then the pain had hit and
63 -> they came and I was laying on the couch
65.85 -> it cleared of the space and put an EKG
69.39 -> so they could check my heart and they
72.299 -> immediately determined mr. Roderick you
74.88 -> are indeed having a heart attack
76.47 -> not just any heart attack but a type
79.259 -> known as the Widowmaker caused by a 100%
83.1 -> blockage of the left anterior descending
85.11 -> artery with this type of blockage the
88.14 -> heart can stop with little to no warning
90.57 -> and if a patient goes into cardiac
92.31 -> arrest outside the hospital the survival
95.22 -> rate just 6% but by the time he got to
98.64 -> the Cleveland Clinic's Akron General
100.049 -> Gary was in so much pain he was ready to
103.47 -> die finally I said to him doc I've lived
107.549 -> a great life I have no regrets you know
110.25 -> I'm ready to go I just wish you would
112.74 -> tell my family you know that I love them
115.229 -> that doctor was cardiologist anchor
117.78 -> Kalra in the cath lab the team quickly
120.54 -> diagnosed a Widowmaker on his mind
123.03 -> keeping Gary alive and preventing
125.64 -> significant heart damage so Gary wasn't
127.829 -> was an immense pain and you know I kept
130.92 -> telling him look Gary just give me a
132.39 -> couple minutes
133.05 -> just give me a couple more minutes true
135.06 -> to his word in a couple of minutes dr.
137.1 -> Cara had re-established blood flow via
139.41 -> balloon angioplasty the message here had
142.41 -> he waited because he had a fear of kovat
144.66 -> Gary's outcome would likely not have
146.94 -> been the same gary sought care and you
150.3 -> know care was delivered in a timely
151.68 -> fashion
152.13 -> and now his life expectancy and his
153.78 -> quality of life is is going to be that
155.85 -> of a normal person
157.23 -> since that day Gary's been focusing on
159.36 -> his health exercising eating right and
161.88 -> he's down 20 pounds his message take
164.88 -> care of yourself before you have a heart
166.89 -> attack but if something should happen
169.38 -> don't hesitate call 911 seconds or
173.37 -> minutes minutes or hours in that
175.59 -> situation and the sooner you get
177.51 -> attention the better if it turns out to
180.39 -> be a false alarm all the better
182.34 -> Monica Robins three news Wow
185.94 -> there is a saying that one of the first
187.56 -> symptoms of a heart attack is denial but
190.2 -> acting early as we see here can not only
191.79 -> save your life it can also prevent
193.44 -> serious heart damage as is the case with
196.2 -> Gary on wkyt.com take a few minutes to
199.68 -> freshen up on the different symptoms to
201.45 -> watch out for as well as your best
203.4 -> chance of reducing that heart attack
205.41 -> risk
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJXDucLqt4c