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10 Surprising Facts About Heart Disease
- Most heart attacks are caused by disruption of
small plaques that are undetectable by any stress test!
- 50% of heart attacks occur in people with no
prior symptoms
like chest pain
- Up to 35% of people do not survive their
first heart attack—that is about 150,000 Americans a year
- Most people with heart attacks have
unremarkable cholesterol levels and their doctors would have
thought they were at low risk
- The first manifestation of heart disease for 50%
of Americans is an irreversible event---either
sudden death or a heart attack.
- The EBT heart scan is the only proven way
to detect early coronary plaque at a time when heart attacks can be
prevented
- Cardiovascular disease affects 6-8 times more
women than does breast cancer
- The EBT heart scan has been proven in the
cardiology literature to be about 10 times more powerful a
predictor of heart attacks than all other risk factors.
- If doctors rely solely upon risk factors and
cholesterol levels to decide whether you should be on lipid lowering
medications, they will be wrong about 40% of the time---a
heart scan will let you know whether you really have plaque to
treat.
- Cholesterol lowering drugs lower risk largely by
stabilizing plaque. If you have no risk factors and a normal
treadmill, but lots of plaque, you are still at high risk and need
medications.
Know your risk
make an appointment today.
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