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Ray Georgeson, Cardiologist
Piedmont HealthCare
The Powerful Heart Don’t Miss a Beat on Your Health
Fact you should know:
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Heart Disease is the number one killer of women (and men).
Signs and symptoms are often quite different in women and therefore go unrecognized. Women may have: •Weakness •Breathlessness•Fatigue•Nausea•Back pain•Indigestion•Chest Pressure
The Good News: Women’s ‘s are Powerful
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Unlike men, women’s hearts do not loose pumping power with age.
The heart of a 70 year old woman could perform as well as a 20 year old.
Amazing FactsThe Powerful Heart
The heart’s job is to move blood. Your heart will pump an average one million barrels of blood in your life.
The body has about six quarts of blood that circulates through the body three times in one minute. In one day your blood travels 12,000 miles.
The aorta is the largest artery (about the width of a garden hose)
The heart weighs 10 ounces
Your heart beats 100,000 times each day.
Don’t Miss a Beat on Your Health!
Have you ever noticed if your heart has missed a beat? If you have, you may be experiencing an
arrhythmia.
Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib) is the most common type of arrhythmia
A Fib damages the heart’s electrical system, leading to
increased risk for stroke, heart attack & heart failure.
A Fib is an independent risk factor for stroke, increasing risk five-fold.
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Know Your Symptoms!The Powerful Heart
Risk Factors for A-Fib:Advancing Age Heart Disease High Blood
PressureAlcohol/Drug Abuse
Family History Congenital Heart Disorder
Diabetes Smoking
Obesity High Fat Diet Certain Pre-scribed Med’s
Sedentary LifeStyle
Atrial Fibrillation can be SYMPTOMLESS and usually detected through an EKG! Talk to your provider today and start CELEBRATING a cardiovascular disease free life!
How is Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosed?The Powerful Heart
Cardiac Exam Holter Monitor Event Monitor Echocardiogram Transesophageal Echocardiogram Blood Tests
Start With PREVENTION!The Powerful Heart
It is never too late or too early to take control of your health! Beloware some suggestions on how you can prevent A Fib and lead ahealthy cardiovascular disease free life: Not smoking
Heart healthy diet filled with low saturated fatty food, low trans fat\ and low cholesterol
Regular physical activity
Maintaining a healthy weight
Limit alcohol intake
Control blood glucose (especially if you have diabetes)
Regular check-up’s
Know Your Next Steps!The Powerful Heart
Research your family history
Schedule a physical examTalk to your physician about your best option!
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With proper management and awareness, A Fibcan be prevented and even controlled. Your tomorrow relies on your actions of today!!
For more information on symptoms of arrhythmia and
the actions you can take to reduce your risk of atrial fibrillation, visit www.iredellmemorial.org.
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References:National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
American Heart Associationwww. americanheart.org
Medline Plushttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/arrhythmia.html
Center for Disease Control & Preventionwww.cdc.gov
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