St. Agnes Medical Center aiming to raise awareness on heart disease

CDC numbers amusement implicit 60 cardinal women successful the US are surviving with immoderate signifier of bosom disease.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- St. Agnes Medical Center is seeing red.

"Wearing reddish is not conscionable wearing reddish to conscionable celebrate, but truly to spark speech astir bosom wellness and bosom awareness," says Glyniss D'Mello, the Director of Telemetry and Cardiovascular Services astatine St. Agnes.

Red lights volition brighten up the infirmary each nighttime for the remainder of February.

Several workers, on with the American Heart Association, sported reddish connected Friday to people the occasion.

The infirmary besides offered escaped humor unit checks for the community.

"Do aboriginal screenings truthful that you tin forestall immoderate imaginable bosom disease," D'Mello said.

CDC numbers amusement implicit 60 cardinal women successful the US are surviving with immoderate signifier of bosom disease.

In 2023, bosom illness killed much than 300,000 women, according to the agency.

"It's not conscionable older women," D'Mello said. "It starts astatine the property of 20 oregon 30, wherever you person to beryllium alert of what your numbers are. You person to cognize if you person precocious humor pressure."

St. Agnes Medical Center has taken steps to amended cardiovascular attraction for its patients by bringing successful precocious aesculapian exertion and minimally invasive procedures.

"Technology similar our dual enclosure leadless pacemaker, which reduces complications of a accepted pacemaker," D'Mello said. "We've besides bought technologies for transcatheter valve repair. Those are to dainty leaky valves."

By keeping these surgeries person to home, it helps trim accent connected the diligent and their families.

While determination are precocious procedures and technologies to assistance dainty bosom problems, D'Mello explains surviving a healthier manner and managing humor unit tin forestall aboriginal complications.

"Know what your cholesterin levels are," D'Mello said. "Know what your humor sweetener numbers are. Don't hold until you're older."

Health experts accent prevention and proactive meetings with a doc to assistance trim the hazard of bosom disease.

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