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 Former President Bill Clinton had two stents placed earlier this month after being hospitalized with chest pain. Stents are tiny mesh tubes used to keep an artery open after it has been unclogged in an angioplasty procedure.
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Medicare Reimbursement Alert
You are probably quite aware of the health care debate that is currently taking place within the federal government. Health care reform is a very visible topic and there are many different thoughts and opinions on the subject.
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| What's Your Number: Patient Cardiovascular Health Assessment
 Patients often ask HeartFirst providers their risk of having a heart attack. Being able to quantify a situation with numbers gives us a comfort level. The following questionnaire quantifies your risk based on recommendations of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Please take a few minutes to complete and get YOUR NUMBER. If your score is more than 10 in any of these categories, you are at risk for heart disease. Please consider a consultation with a HeartFirst cardiologist.
Directions: Please check all of the boxes that apply to you.
- 3 Points Each (these are minor risk factors)
- ___ LDL Cholesterol (bad cholesterol) over 130
- ___ Elevated C-reactive protein a screening blood test (hs CRP)
- ___ Previous smoking history
- ___ Elevated creatinine or abnormal kidney function
- ___ Abnormal carotid artery thickness called CIMT
- 5 Points Each (these are major risk factors)
- ___ Age: Men over 45. Women over 55
- ___ HDL (good cholesterol) less than 40
- ___ Active smoking history
- ___ Hypertension
- ___ Positive family history for heart attacks, men over 55 and women over 65
- 10 Points Each (gives the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetic)
- ___ Waist size over 40" for men (35" for Asian men)
- ___ Waist size over 35" for women (32" for Asian women)
- ___ Fasting blood sugar over 100
- ___ HDL (good cholesterol) less than 40 for men, less than 50 for women
- ___ Triglyceride over 150
- ___ Blood pressure over 130/85
________ = TOTAL POINTS
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HeartFirst proudly announces Leah Kimberling as the "HeartFirst Hero of the Month." "Leah is an overall great employee. She is wonderful with her patients and very helpful with her co-workers." 
