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Be sure to follow specific instructions given to you by your physician or health care professional.
TEE/Echocardiogram
What is a TEE ?
A TEE is a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart and blood vessels.
TEE is a type of echocardiogram. An echocardiogram gives information about the function of the
chambers and valves of the heart as well as details of the hearts size and shape.
Stress Test
Stress testing is a painless, safe method to measure how well the heart responds to an increase in the body's demand for oxygen. During a stress test, your heart is monitored using images or through dime-sized electrodes attached to your chest, arms, or legs.
Genuine Quality Care
Communicate promptly with your physician or other health care professional with any health-related questions or concerns. Be sure to follow specific instructions given to you by your physician or health care professional.
Up to 1 in 5 patients will have a heart attack and never even know.
Most people think that heart attacks only happen in the way they are portrayed on TV –with an overweight man who is advanced in age clutching his arm and falling to the ground, complaining of severe pain in his chest and an inability to breathe. While it is true that chest pain and shortness of breath are potential symptoms of a cardiac event, milder symptoms are more common than you may think.
Heart disease can look different for women than it does for men.
While women and men have a similar risk of heart disease, they may experience different symptoms. Women with heart disease and who experience heart attacks are much more likely to complain of shortness of breath and fatigue. Those who do feel severe pain and discomfort in their upper body will often feel it between their shoulder blades, as opposed to men who often feel the pain in their arms and neck.
A family history of heart disease can double your risk.
If you have a male family member who is under the age of 55 and has heart disease or a female family member who is under the age of 65 and has heart disease, you are considered to have a family history of the disease. This increases your risk of developing heart disease as well.
Diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are three of the top risk factors.
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, you may be at a higher risk of heart disease. The good news is that all three of these conditions can be managed and, therefore, so can your risk for heart disease. The best way to avoid or manage all three of these conditions is to stay active and maintain a healthy diet.
COVID-19 could impact your heart health, but not in the way you think.
The biggest way that COVID-19 is affecting heart health is by causing people to avoid seeking medical care when they need it.
80 percent of heart disease is preventable.
Since we know most of the risk factors for heart disease and can easily identify most of the symptoms, heart disease is very preventable. The best things you can do to lower your risk are to stay active, improve your diet, quit smoking and see a cardiologist regularly.
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