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Cleerly Heart Testing and Heart Treatment

Posted on January 31, 2024January 31, 2024 by aboutheartcare

We are excited to announce that HeartCare is now offering Cleerly heart testing. Cleerly is an AI-enabled software that uses CT scans of your heart to identify the plaque volume and types of plaque in your arteries. This analysis can help us understand your unique risk of heart attack or coronary...

Cleerly and CCTA

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by aboutheartcare

Patients are surprised and dismayed to learn that until very recently, there has been no equivalent technology to the mammogram (for breast cancer) for diagnosing cardiovascular disease. That is, there was no reliable way to image the diseased tissue in the coronary arteries that ruptured and cau...

CCTA and Cleerly

Posted on August 24, 2023September 15, 2023 by aboutheartcare

How to Prevent Heart Attacks

Posted on February 10, 2023March 28, 2023 by aboutheartcare

The Big Picture: Heart disease is the number one cause of death for all Americans. This was true for more women than men until recently when the numbers became closer. What It Is: the heart muscle is nourished by the coronary arteries. The lining of the arteries can be weakened by inflammation ca...

CORONARY HEART DISEASE IS THE NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF DEATH IN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

Dr. Michael Wong long ago decided that prevention and reversal of cardiovascular disease was his life work. He was there at the beginning of the preventive cardiology specialty and remains a proactive practitioner in this field today. EXCITING BREAKTHROUGH: We can now see coronary plaque composit...

Using Potassium for Sodium salt

Posted on August 23, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

DID YOU KNOW: Salt substitutes consistently appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events? ZOOM IN: Swapping the salt substitute potassium chloride for sodium chloride lowers blood pressure. BY THE NUMBERS: There were 21 trials and 31,949 participants WHY IT MATTERS: the risk of heart attack...

Healthy adults who Exercise

Posted on August 9, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

DID YOU KNOW?: Healthy adults who exercise were less likely to die of any cause during 3 decades of follow up. BY THE NUMBERS: The study team came to this conclusion after analyzing data from 116,221 adults from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, At the start...

Psoriasis and Heart Risk

Posted on July 30, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

DID YOU KNOW: Psoriasis, a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the skin and joints, can increase the risk for heart attack and is preventable. WHAT’S HAPPENING: In a study of 500,000 participants, poor lifestyle (overweight or obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, and poor diet) was associated wit...

Diabetes Risk

Posted on July 1, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

DID YOU KNOW: Diabetes will develop in one year in one in 20 persons over 65 who have prediabetes (HbA1c 5.7-6.4% or FBS 100-125). WHAT’S HAPPENING: the health records of 2,045,999 adults in the US were reviewed over 4 years ending in 2018 across 10 geographically diverse US health care networks....

Aspirin and Heart Attack

Posted on June 20, 2022September 29, 2022 by aboutheartcare

DID YOU KNOW? Aspirin does not prevent a first heart attack. WHY IT MATTERS: chronic aspirin administration can lead to gastro-intestinal bleeding and transfusion is sometimes needed. BOTTOM LINE: a healthy lifestyle works much better. Read these references by copying and placing in your browser...

Preventive Cardiology: It's about time!

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