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Go Red for Women rolls out red carpet Give your heart c elebrity status in y our lif e at the annual Cedar Valley G o Red for Women Luncheon on Nov. 2. This year’s event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the F ive Sullivan Br others C onvention C enter, pr esented by Allen H ospital. Regional spons or is University of I owa Heart and Vascular Center. “Heart disease i sn’t j ust a man’s pr oblem,” says event chairwoman Carolyn Hamrock, V ision M edia-Services pr esident. “It’s the No. 1 killer of w omen. A wareness is
needed and with y our help , we can make a difference.” There will be a fashion show by Jennifer’s, spe akers, br eakout s essions and vendors. Cost is $40 , w hich includes the luncheon and all activities. Table spons orship opportunities ar e available. Register or donate online at W aterlooIAGoRedForWomen.org, or send registrations to 1035 N. C enter P oint R oad, Suit e B , Hiawatha 52233. Contact C ory F ord at (319) 215-0633 or C ory.Ford@heart. org for volunteer information.
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Go Red encourages awareness, action Go R ed F or W omen enc ourages a wareness of the is sue of women and he art dis ease, and also action to save more lives. The movement harnesses the energy, passion and power women ha ve t o b and t ogether and collectively wipe out he art disease. It challeng es them t o kno w their risk f or he art dis ease and take action to reduce their personal risk. It also gives them the
tools they need to lead a he arthealthy life. In 2010, the American Heart Association s et a str ategic goal of r educing de ath and dis ability from c ardiovascular dis ease and strokes by 20 percent while improving the c ardiovascular health of all Americ ans b y 20 percent by the year 2020. In 200 3, the N ational H eart, Lung and Blood Institut e, the Americ an H eart As so-
ciation a nd o ther or ganizations c ommitted t o w omen’s health j oined t ogether t o r aise awareness of women and heart disease. The NHLBI intr oduced the red dress as a national symbol for w omen and he art dis ease awareness, and the Americ an Heart Association adopted this s ymbol t o cr eate s ynergy among all or ganizations c ommitted to fighting this cause.
Learn more about living a healthy, active life For more information on how to enjoy a healthy and active life, visit GoRedForWomen.org and look for information on: ■ Become a BetterU with this free 12-week online makeover that can save your life. Sign up at GoRedForWomen.org/Better U. ■ Support other heart disease fighters and survivors. Connect with women who’ve had similar heart dis-
ease experiences and give or receive emotional support as you fight heart disease together at GoRedForWomen. org/HeartMatch. ■ Go Red Heart Checkup. Go Red’s online tool that provides a 10-year, personal heart disease risk assessment at GoRedForWomen.org/HeartCheckup. ■ Get involved. Find Go Red for Women events like the one happen-
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Allen radial heart caths make patients feel better faster WATERLOO — C omfort and convenience ar en’t w ords mo st people associate with he art catheterization. E ven though Allen Hospital’s catheterization labs do about 3,400 procedures per y ear, it isn’ t a pr ocess p atients e xpect to be r elatively quick or e asy. But that’s chang ed e ver sinc e Allen introduced r adial c atheterization — a procedure that typically helps patients feel better faster with less chance of complications. Heart catheterization — cath for short — let s c ardiologists as sess the condition of the he art and it s arteries fr om the inside. D octors pass a thin,  exible tube, or catheter, through an art ery and guide it toward the heart using real-time imaging. “Heart c atheterization is a remarkable t est bec ause c ardiac catheters do so many things,â€? said Paula Geise, RN, MSN, director of Allen cardiac services.
A heart catheter measures blood pressure in the he art. It let s c ardiologists inj ect d ye t o sho w the condition of the he art and it s arteries in sharp detail. When cardiologists ďŹ nd plaque — a w axy substance t hat b uilds u p o ver time — blocking an art ery, c ardiac c atheters permit f ast, effective r epair. A tin y b alloon at the tip of the c atheter in ates to atten plaque against the walls of the artery. Then the c atheter plac es a small wir e-mesh grid c alled a stent over the attened plaque and expands the st ent. The e xpanded stent holds the art ery open and prevents new plaque build-up. When the c atheter c omes out, the stent remains in place, and the heart has renewed blood supply. Until recently, most heart caths were done thr ough the f emoral artery in the gr oin, a lar ge artery with g ood ac cess t o the he art. However, it s siz e r equires special
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precautions f ollowing the pr ocedure. Femoral heart cath patients must r emain  at on their b acks with a s andbag on their leg f or several hour s aft er the pr ocedure to pr event bleeding. R ecovery is generally routine, but femoral cath patients usuall y c annot r eturn t o work for 15 days. Radial heart cath patients have a
different experience. Radial c aths are done thr ough an art ery in the wrist. B ecause the r adial art ery is much smaller than the f emoral artery, p atients ďŹ nd r adial c aths more c omfortable and c onvenient. P atients sit up right aft er the pr ocedure with just a small pressure b andage on their wrist. They f eel bett er. The y c an mo ve
around, order a meal and go home within an hour or t wo. They have less chanc e of c omplications, and they can go back to work in a week. Allen cardiologists and p atients appreciate the r adial difference. Today, 95 per cent of Allen c ardiac c ath and st ent pr ocedures ar e done radially. That ďŹ gure is much higher than mo st ho spitals ha ve reached, but it ’s c onsistent with Allen c ardiac c are. Allen belie ves that gi ving p atients a choic e in where the y go f or he art c are and how t ests ar e perf ormed mak es heart c are e asier and bett er f or patients and families. Radial catheterization isn’t right for all p atients, but f or mo st, it ’s a mor e c omfortable, c onvenient option Allen H ospital does e very day. For m ore i nformation a bout radial c aths, visit www .allenhospital.org, or call Geise at 235-5115.
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Woman’s broken heart an unusual but real condition By MELODY PARKER melody.parker@wcfcourier.com
WATERLOO — Linda K imball has suffered a broken heart. She remembers the exact day — March 2 — and loc ation — snowmobiling in Wisconsin. Now she’s recovered, and ther e’s a ne w man in her life, her cardiologist. “Yes, ther e r eally is a br oken heart syndrome,� said Kimball, 65, of Waterloo. She plans t o attend the Go Red For Women event Nov. 2 at the F ive Sulli van Br others Convention Center. Broken he art s yndrome is the colloquial name for stress or stressinduced cardiomyopathy or apical ballooning syndrome, according to medical experts. A part of the heart temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well, according to the Mayo Clinic website. Symptoms can be brought on by extreme grief , e xtreme str ess or extreme over-exertion. Kimball w as s tricken w hile helping her husb and shovel snow to dislodge their sled c aught in a drift. “I c ouldn’t c atch m y br eath. I thought I w as ha ving a he art
attack. I w as o verdressed f or the Linda weather that w as w armer than Kimball I e xpected, and I w as 50 pounds suffered a heavier.â€? “broken She was naus eous and had no heartâ€? while strength. She f elt c ompletely shoveling overpowered. H er husb and w as snow. The alarmed, and b ack at their c abin, unusual she swallowed a b aby aspirin and condition laid down. can occur “I slept perf ectly, but w e w ere with still alarmed. The next morning, it extreme was a 4 1/2 hour drive back home. I grief, had total faith that my Lord would extreme get me to safety.â€? stress or At a loc al ho spital emer gency extreme room, K imball under went a b atphysical tery of heart tests. exertion. “I was told that my heart needed BRANDON more blood than m y he art c ould POLLOCK / pump during such e xtreme exerCourier Staff tion, and it literally deated. I was Photographer lucky bec ause the doct or tr eat“I like witnessing other people’s helping them impr ove and f eel it t akes a w hack with a t wo-bying me had studied and writt en a four to wake me up , and this w as paper on br oken heart syndrome, progress. Ther e’s such gr eat s at- better. “I’m Bohemian, and sometimes one.â€? isfaction in meeting people and and he recognized it.â€? The c ondition usuall y r everses itself, she s aid, and now she takes a daily pill and e xercises regularly. She underwent cardiac rehabilitation, too, and has lost 50 pounds. Cardiac Rehabilitation She also volunteers at a local cardiac rehabilitation clinic.
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New technology at U of I leads way in heart care advances By JENNIFER GOERBIG-CAMPBELL, MD can be r eplaced without openUniversity of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center cardiologist
IOWA CITY — Of all the or gans in our bodies , w e r ely mo st on our he arts t o k eep us ali ve. Ironically, he art dis ease affect s more Americans than any other disease. When w e think of he art disease, the s cariest and mo st dramatic s cenarios — he art attacks, b ypass sur gery, lif e and death situations — tend to come to mind. The good news is that mor e people ar e li ving with he art dis ease than d ying from it than e ver before, due to advances in research, technology, and the educ ation and skills of heart care providers. One of the mo st r ecent and exciting advances is transcatheter aortic valve replacement. For the first time, aortic valves
heart surgery. With a TAVR procedure, a catheter is ins erted thr ough a small incision in a patient’s thigh that travels through blood vessels, enabling the r eplacement of a f ailing he art valve in the aortic artery. This treatment is for patients with severe aortic stenosis (narrowing or obstruction of the aortic valve) who are considered too high risk f or traditional heart valve replacement surgery. University of I owa H eart and Vascular C enter w as the fi rs t hospital in I owa t o offer this procedure and has successfully gi ven a ne w le ase on lif e t o many p atients f or w hom other treatments w ere simpl y not an option. The suc cess of the T AVR program is due t o a multidisciplinary approach, where sur-
Jennifer Goerbig-Campbell, MD geons and c ardiologists w ork together and perf orm the pr ocedures in our st ate-of-the-art hybrid operating rooms. Another r emarkable medic al breakthrough is that p atients can no w li ve without a human heart.
This is po ssible thank s to the Total Artifi cial H eart, a unique device that s erves as a bridg e for p atients a waiting a he art transplant. The T otal Artificial H eart replaces both failing heart ventricles and f our he art v alves, and it pump s a high v olume of blood to help vital organs recover faster. This allo ws stabilized patients to wait for a matching donor he art at home and resume a more normal lifestyle. U of I Heart and Vascular Center is the fi rst and onl y plac e in I owa to offer the T otal Artificial H eart f or p atients with advanced heart failure. But it’s not just the sick est or most fr agile p atients w ho c an benefit fr om ad vances in he art care. N ew methods of c ardiac catheterization ha ve helped many he art p atients under going r outine pr ocedures. Car -
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diologists c an no w loc ate and treat blockages in the c oronary arteries b y doing c atheterization through the wrist, instead of the gr oin. This me ans a quicker r ecovery, les s dis comfort and less bleeding risk for the patient. Doctors at U of I H eart and Vascular Center also participate in a wide v ariety of clinic al trials t o help impr ove tr eatments and medic ations f or all kinds of cardiovascular issues — from high cholesterol to rapid heartbeats to advanced heart failure. To le arn mor e about w hat’s new in he art c are, visit www . uihealthcare.org/experts. To s earch f or curr ent clinic al trials, visit www .uihealthcare. org/ClinicalResearch. Follow U of I H eart and V ascular C enter on F acebook at facebook.com/uiheart or c all (319) 356-7102.
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Couple’s quick response beats heart attack clock by minutes OELWEIN — Aft er 1 7 y ears of marriage, Deb and S cott Howard think the y have each other figured out. Lik e man y c ouples, they have routines that they stick t o and c an g enerally tell when something is not right. On A pril 7 , S cott w oke up and s aid s omething didn’ t feel right. Deb remembers that Scott was cold and clamm y, and his f ace was grey. She kne w she needed to act. “I c ouldn’t g et him t o the hospital on m y own, so I c alled 9-1-1.” Wheaton Ambulanc e S ervice paramedics arrived within minutes, and Scott was transported to Mercy Hospital in Oelwein. Emergency r oom doct ors determined that Scott was having a mas sive he art att ack. H e urgently needed t o see a c ardiologist for cardiac intervention, COURTESY PHOTO so he w as airlifted to Covenant Scott and Deb Howard Medical Center in Waterloo. Deb f elt a s ense of s ecurity when paramedic Steve Carey stepped out of the helicopter. “It’s s o r eassuring t o s ee someone w ho y ou kno w t ake him away, I stood on the ground watching him fl y over me,” Deb said. Cardiologist Ashan Maq sood and a team of nurses were waiting for Scott in the catheterization labor atory, and diagno sed that Scott’s coronary artery was 100 percent blocked. Maqsood put a stent in S cott’s main c oronary art ery t o r estore blood flow. When Deb arrived at the ho spital, she w as told “it was a big one” and “we beat it b y maybe 10 m inutes o r l ess. T hat w as the difference between life and death for him.” Scott att ended c ardiac r ehaProud supporter of bilitation at Mercy Hospital and returned to farming in June. He also quit smoking after his heart attack, s omething he enc our303 Main St. • Cedar Falls • 277-4880 • www.jennifersonmain.com ages his friends to do, as well.
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WAVERLY — Would shortness of breath be enough to make you call your doctor? Jo Corson of Waverly was being treated f or pneumonia. She thought that was the c ause of her shortness of br eath. H er doct or ordered an echoc ardiogram at Waverly Health Center. The test uses soundwaves to make images of the heart, showing pr oblems with he art v alves or chambers and the he art’s ability to pump blood. C orson’s test revealed c ardiomyopathy, a disease that mak es it har der f or her heart to pump blood and carry it to the rest of her body. If left untreated, it can lead to heart failure. Corson was referred to a c ardiologist and had a he art c atheter and bypass surgery at a W aterloo hospital. After she left the ho spital, she w as sent to cardiac rehab at WHC. Her e xperience has c aused several lif estyle chang es t o li ve a heart-healthier life. “My husb and and I both quit smoking when I was diagnosed with pneumonia. We have always eaten pretty healthy, but have now cut back on the amount of red meat we eat. We are trying to add mor e fish and poultry to our diets.” Looking b ack, C orson thought the jaw pain — a sign of he art disease that many women experience — w as due t o her t emporomandibular joint disorder. She also had been mor e tir ed than usual, but passed it off as “growing older.” Connie Yanda, WHC cardiovascular services, said, “Deep down, I think J o had a f eeling that s ome of the s ymptoms might be due t o her heart. She listened to her body and knew something wasn’t quite right.” Heart dis ease runs in C orson’s family. Her dad died at age 41 from a heart attack. Her advice to other is “don’t ignore the signs.” The risk of heart disease increases as y ou ag e. You ha ve a gr eater risk of he art dis ease if y ou ar e a man over age 45 or a w oman over
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Know risk factors for heart disease ■ High blood pressure: Over half of all adults with high blood pressure are women. This condition makes the heart work harder than normal and can increase your risk of stroke and heart attack. ■ Smoking: When you stop smoking, your risk of heart disease and stroke can be cut in half just one year later. ■ High cholesterol: If you need to lower your LDL (or “bad” cholesterol), work with your doctor to create a diet
low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol and an exercise plan. ■ Overweight and obesity: Women with excess body fat are at higher risk of heart disease, even if they don’t have other risk factors. ■ Diabetes: Women with diabetes have from two to four times higher death rates from heart disease. A family history of diabetes can significantly increase the risk of developing diabetes.
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My open heart surgery at Allen was extraordinary. Heart disease runs in my family. I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t know what. Apparently, I didn’t pay attention to the warning sign—shortness of breath. I went to my family doctor, and he said, “I don’t like the sound of your heart.” I suppose I could have gone to Iowa City or Rochester, but I felt very comfortable with my surgeon and my cardiologist at Allen. I had open heart surgery. They replaced an aortic valve, and I had two bypasses. I really appreciated being able to have surgery at Allen, close to home. Everyone in the heart center and in cardiac rehab was so wonderful. They carefully explained everything and made me very, very comfortable. Now I’m feeling wonderful. I’ve lost 25 pounds. It’s fantastic to not be short of breath. It makes a big difference. The heart care that I received at Allen was extraordinary. I think they go above and beyond.
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