>>LAUREN VERNO: WELCOME BACK SO WE’RE JUST OVER HALFWAY THROUGH AMERICAN HEART MONTH WHICH
RAISES AWARENESS FOR THE HEART
AS FOR
HEART DISEASE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AS THE NUMBER
ONE KILLER OF BOTH MEN AND
WOMEN HERE IN THE U.S.
AND A RECENT STUDY FROM THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
FOUND THAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
COMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S.
PREGNANCIES HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED
HERE TO HELP BREAK DOWN SOME OF
THAT RESEARCH IS DOCTOR EXCUSE
ME SABRINA PHILIPS
A CARDIOLOGIST AT MAYO CLINIC
ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US TODAY.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME TO TALK
ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC
AND IMPORTANT FINDINGS.
YEAH.
>>LAUREN VERNO: I WHEN I WAS
PREGNANT, I REMEMBER EVERYONE
SAID YOU KNOW PREGNANCY IS NOT
A DISEASE.
IT’S NATURAL, BUT YOU KNOW I
FIND THAT A LOT OF YOUNGER
WOMEN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
SAFETY WHEN THEY’RE GIVING
BIRTH AND THEN YOU LOOK AT
ALARMING STATISTICS LIKE THIS
AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HE TELL
US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND.
>> YES SO THIS WAS A VERY LARGE
STUDY OF HER 11 YEARS LOOKING
AT 48 MILLION PREGNANCIES THAT
DELIVERED IN THE U.S. A VERY
GOOD NUMBERS IN THIS
SHOW THAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
THAT EXISTED BEFORE PREGNANCY
NOT BECAUSE OF PREGNANCY.
IT DOUBLED OVER THE
STUDY PERIOD. SO THAT’S AN
ALARMING SIGN BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NOT
ONLY PREDICTS COMPLICATIONS
DURING PREGNANCY. BUT IT
PORTENDS THAT YOU’RE GOING TO
HIRE CARDIOVASCULAR
COMPLICATIONS AS YOU AGE.
SO THIS IS A GROUP OF YOUNG
WOMEN
WHO’RE RISK LITTLE ARE GETTING
A RISK FACTOR FOR LONG-TERM
CARDIOLOGY CARDIAC DISEASE AND
WE NEED TO INTERVENE AND
HELP PEOPLE. NO OTHER NUMBERS
AND KNOW THAT HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE WHICH IS SILENT.
IS A CONCERNING NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED DEFINITELY AND
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOME WOMEN TO
WILL HAVE. >> A GREAT PREGNANCY. THE ENTIRE TIME OF THE AND THEN AT
THE END EXPERIENCED
THESE ISSUES. SO WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE MEASURES THAT AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION IS TAKING TO
FIRST MAKE THIS MAKE WOMEN
AWARE OF THIS AND THEN ALSO
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
>> NOW IS TRY TO COME UP WITH
GOOD CAMPAIGN KNOW YOUR NUMBERS
AND THE 7 FACTORS FOR HEALTHY LIVING AND THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT EVEN WHEN YOU’RE
YOUNG I THINK WHEN WE ARE YOUNG
BUT HE SAID WE’RE TOLD
PREGNANCY IS NOT A DISEASE.
SO WE THINK WHERE
THAT THESE THINGS CAN’T HARM
MASS BUT IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT
BEFORE CONCEPTION AND DURING
PREGNANCY THAT YOU SEEK HEALTH
CARE THAT YOU MAKE SURE YOUR
BLOOD
PRESSURE TAKEN AND AS PART OF
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND
THINGS THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION IS WORKING FOR US
TO GET BUT ARE RESOURCES OUT TO
COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE THE
STUDIES SHOW THAT WOMEN HAVE
LIVED IN
RURAL COMMUNITIES. WE’RE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK THAN
WOMEN TO LIVE IN URBAN AREAS
FOR MAYBE THERE WAS MORE ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
SO GOING TO BE CRITICAL THAT WE
MOVE FORWARD IN TRYING TO REACH
EVERYONE NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE. SO THAT YOU KNOW YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE NUMBERS AND THAT
YOU’RE AWARE THAT IT’S AN ISSUE
TO TO
BE FOLLOWED.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU KNOW ONE
THING I WAS ON THE BOARD OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA, HEALTHY
START COALITION AND WHEN WOMEN
WOULD HAVE THAT FIRST
APPOINTMENT WITH THEIR DOCTOR.
THEY GAVE THEM A QUESTIONNAIRE
TO FILL OUT
AND THEN IDENTIFY THEIR RISK
FACTORS, SO IT’S
SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE THAT
INFORMATION THAT YOU USE THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE
FOR YOU AND ALSO LISTEN TO YOUR
DOCTOR WHEN THEY SAY YOU MIGHT
HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
>> CORRECT CORRECT I THINK SO
OFTEN THINK WELL THAT LOW
PRESSURE IS A LITTLE HOT I WAS
NERVOUS WHEN HE WENT INTO THE
YOU KNOW, I’M PROBABLY REALLY
DON’T HAVE
A PROBLEM, IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE
DOES SIGNAL. RISK FACTORS FOR
PROBLEMS NOT ONLY IMMEDIATELY
DURING YOUR PREGNANCY. BUT AS
YOU AGE AND WE NEED TO LOOK
AT ALL OUR OTHER RISK FACTORS.
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT WELL THE
PREGNANCY RELATED HYPERTENSION
INCREASE BECAUSE WOMEN ARE
OLDER IN AMERICA AS AS TIME HAS
GONE BY WE’VE SEEN OLDER WOMEN
HAVING BABIES THAT WASN’T TRUE
IT WAS STILL THEY DID
ALMOST DOUBLED EVEN FOR THE
YOUNGER AGE GROUP WOMEN.
AND WE THINK THAT THOSE ARE
RELATED TO CARDIAC RISK FACTORS
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE PEOPLE
AWARE UP SO BEING INACTIVE I’M
GAINING WEIGHT NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT HEALTHY AND SOME TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR
PATIENTS IN THE CONTROL THEY
LIVE IN DESERT SO TO SPEAK AND
WE NEED TO WORK ON.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND STRESS I
ALWAYS SAY
ONE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND YOU KNOW FOR WOMEN
DEFINITELY CONSIDERING IT’S NOT
ALWAYS CHEST PAIN, BUT YOU HAVE
TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR
WHOLE BODY. AND IF YOU DON’T
FEEL RIGHT THEN YOU DO NEED TO
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR BECAUSE IT