By Lynn Swisher, MD, FACC
February is national Heart Month, the goal of which is to draw attention to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in this country. By learning more about the causes of heart disease, our personal risk factors for developing it, and measures we can take to prevent it, we can have a positive impact on the nation’s number one cause of death.
By Lynn Swisher, MD
It’s a classic patient story. A 55-year-old man, suffering mild to moderate chest pain, finally saw a doctor at his wife’s insistence. As his medical history unfolded, the doctor learned that the patient’s mother and father both died of heart attacks while in their sixties, and two of his siblings had heart attacks, as well. Yet, in spite of a family history of heart disease, this gentleman had not seen a doctor since he was a child.
Dr. Lynn Swisher from the Cayuga Heart Institute takes a look at the latest breakthroughs in preventing, diagnosing, and treating congestive heart failure.