A Matter of the
HEART
How a Heart Health Check saved Rickey Harvey’s life.
O
ne day in March 2021, Rickey Harvey was attending a Heart Health Check his wife, Susie, had signed him up for. He had no symptoms but was prompted to attend the Heart Health Check given his family health history. He has relatives who have Factor V Leiden, a genetic blood-clotting disorder due to a mutation of the blood’s factor V protein, and one of his siblings recently suffered a heart attack. A short three months later Rickey was on the operating table.
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BOONE HEALTH
Winter 2022
