Heart Healthy
January 26, 2010 |11:56 | Diseases By : Team X
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women older than 25. Sixty-four percent of women who died suddenly of heart disease had no previous symptoms.
And in a 2008 study, the American Heart Association ranked Baton Rouge.
As the sixth least heart-healthy city for women in mid-sized metro cities. That’s the bad news.
There is good news, though people can do things to dramatically decrease their risk for heart disease, Dr. David Carmouche, internist, said at a recent program on women’s heart health.
“This is all quite preventable for most of us,” he said. “We know what causes heart disease; we know how to prevent it.” Baton Rouge General Medical Center hosted its first “Heart for Her” event at its Bluebonnet location on Thursday, with a panel of local physicians providing information on the causes and treatment of heart disease.
Speakers in addition to Carmouche, with the Baton Rouge Clinic, were heart surgeon Dr. Nervin Fanous, with Cardiovascular and Thoracic Specialists, and cardiologist Dr. Cordel Parris of the Parris Cardiovascular Center.
Dr. V. Antoine Keller, a heart surgeon with Cardiovascular and Thoracic Specialists, moderated.
During two breaks during the program and afterward, participants had a chance to ask the physicians about their personal health situations.
Some brought printouts of their latest health results for the doctors to look at.
Many of the more than 50 women who attended also took the opportunity to find out their “numbers.”
In the corridor outside the conference meeting room, student nurses from the Baton Rouge General’s School of Nursing gave participants their weight, BMI (body mass index), blood pressure, body fat percentage and waist circumference.
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