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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING808".
FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH.
A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
HEART DISEASE.
JOINING US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
THIS, DIRECTOR OF CARDIAC AND
CLINICAL AIR SERVICES ADVENTIST
HEALTH CASTLE.
ANNETTE PATELLOS.
THANK YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HEART MONTH.
WHY WAS THIS STARTED?
THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED IN 1924.
THROUGH THE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN
DOCUMENTED THAT WOMEN AND MEN
ARE DYING OF HEART DISEASE AND
NOT EACH KNOWING THEY HAVE IT.
SEVERAL YEARS BACK, IT WAS THE
NUMBER ONE KILLER FOR MEN AND
WOMEN.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION PUT
TOGETHER HEART MONTH.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH VALENTINE'S
DAY.
IT'S AN AWARENESS TAKING CARE OF
YOUR HEART.
BRINGING CONCERNS TO YOUR
PHYSICIAN IF YOU DO HAVE ANY
CONCERNS.
YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HEART
DISEASE AND NOT KNOW IT.
Trini: THAT'S GOOD.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
YEAH.
SO THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR ARE A
LOT OF WEIGHT GAIN.
DIABETES.
YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED IF YOU
HAVE DIABETES FOR HEART DISEASE.
IF YOU HAVE CHANGES IN YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY
PHARMACY STORES HAVE THE BLOOD
PRESSURE MACHINE.
I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING TO THE
STORE AND KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE.
THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN.
ANY PAIN IN YOUR CHEST OR
RADIATION OF PAIN.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE EXERCISING
WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
Trini: OKAY.
ARE THERE WAYS TO CHECK YOUR
HEART?
ARE THERE TESTS THAT YOU COULD
TAKE?
THERE ARE BESIDESSED BLOOD
PRESSURE SCREENING.
YOU COULD GO INTO THE HOSPITAL
AND HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A EKG IF
YOUR PHYSICIAN FEELS THAT IS
WARRANTED.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT DONE.
IT'S AN ELECTRICAL TRACING OF
THE HEART UP TO HAVING A STRESS
TEST DONE WHICH STRESSES YOUR
HEART TO SEE WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM
IT CAN TAKE WITHOUT BEING OVERLY
STRESSED.
YOU CAN HAVE A CARDIAC
CATETHAIZEATION.
TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE
CORONARY ARTERY LOOKS LIKE.
IF WE FIND THERE'S A BLOCKAGE
THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, IT
CAN USUALLY BE DONE THERE WITH A
CARDIOLOGIST ON SITE.
IF YOU HAVE CORNARY ARTERY
DISEASE ANDS NOT NOT -- YOU COULD BE
REFERRED FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY.
A FULL SCAN OF PROCEDURES AND
TESTS THAT CAN DIAGNOSE HOW
HEALTHY IS YOUR HEART.
Trini: OKAY.
ARE THERE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT
HIGHER RISK FOR HEART DISEASE?
GENETIC INDICATORS ARE HUGE.
PATIENTS WITH DISEASE OR OBESITY
OR A FAMILY HISTORY OF HEART
DISEASE, THEY ARE MUCH MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE THAN IF THEY DON'T
HAVE ANY PRECUSSERS.
Trini: LET'S SWITCH GEARS.
TELL US ABOUT CARDIAC CARE.
YOU HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT
THERE.
ADVENTIST HEALTH HAS AN
EXCELLENT CARDIAC PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES
INTO BUILDING A PROGRAM.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM COMING
IN AND HAVING INITIAL SERVICES
IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO
HAVING TOYINTO -- DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
MRI OF YOUR HEART FOR SCREENING
UP TO THE CARDIAC CATH LAB TO
OPEN HEART SURGERY.
WE HAVE FOUR OPEN HEART SURGERY
PROGRAM AND AN INCENTIVE CARE
UNIT WHERE YOU WOULD GO TO
THIS WEEK YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF
EVENTS COMING UP.
WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL HEART
PARTY IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THE
PATIENTS SINCE WE STARTED OUR
PROGRAM A LITTLE OVER THREE
YEARS AGO THAT HAVE HAD HEART
PROCEDURES DONE AT THE HOSPITAL.
PRIMARILY OPEN HEART SURGERY.
OUR -- PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SERVE LUNCH AND
RECOGNIZE ALL THE PATIENTS.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO COME BACK AND SEE THE
PHYSICIANS AND STAFF WHO CARED
FOR THEM.
AND NETWORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
IN THE SAME SITUATION.
Trini: THAT SOUNDS NICE.
I LOVE THAT.
RECONNECTING, SENDING MAHALO TOO
OUR DOCTORS AND EVEN FOR THE
DOCTORS TO CHECK IN.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS.
IT'S A NICE EVENT.
Trini: IT SOUNDS LIKE --
ALTHOUGH WE'RE CELEBRATING HEART
MONTH IN FEBRUARY THIS IS
IMPORTANT YEAR ROUND.
ABSOLUTELY.
Trini: YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS AND REDUCE
THEIR RISK.
YES.
LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
IT'S USUALLY RIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, REACH
OUT TO YOUR PHYSICIAN.
Trini: ANNETTE, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
MY PLEASURE.
Trini: VERY IMPORTANT
TOPIC, FOR SURE.