Cardiologist Faq

Lifestyle changes after a heart attack are vital. Adequately changing lifestyle can definitely prevent a second heart attack. The only factor that puts a person at risk for a heart attack is our family history that we cannot change. Everything else can be changed. / We can lose weight and thereby reduce our blood sugars and blood pressure. We could quit smoking, we could take medications faithfully to lower cholesterol, take blood thinners, and we could exercise regularly.

A heart attack is in some ways a complex situation in terms of the entire body. But the cause is very simple. The cause of a heart attack is a clot forming in a narrowing in one of the arteries to the heart and the clot obstructs the vessel and prevents blood supply to the heart muscle. As a result of that a part of the heart begins to die. There has been tremendous progress in preventing damage to the heart and preventing that part of the heart muscle from dying.

Robert Schiller is the first patient to receive Radial STEMI at CFCVI. He shares his expereince.

Time is short when a patient is having a heart attack. Accessing the heart through the femoral artery in one's leg is not always the best option. Our hospital can utilize the radial artery in the wrist to provide swift, lifesaving treament for STEMI