NDIANAPOLIS – This holiday season, Franciscan St. Francis Health is encouraging you to give the gift of heart health. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women, and an estimated 80 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease.
Heart Scan, also called coronary artery calcium scoring, uses state-of-the-art technology to detect heart disease in its earliest stages. This safe, simple and non-invasive screening can identify your risk for heart disease and greatly reduce your chances of suffering a heart attack, stroke or other heart and vascular diseases.
The screening is recommended for men over the age of 40 and women older than 45 who have at least one of the following risk factors:
• History of smoking or tobacco use
• Family history of heart disease
• Diabetes
• High cholesterol
• High blood pressure and/or obesity
“The Heart Scan screening is very important because as that calcium builds up over 10 or 15 years, that’s what can cause a heart attack or cause those coronaries to become completely blocked,” said Amy Coffey, cardiac screening center coordinator. “The earlier you can catch it, the better.”
The screening consists of: Calcium score of coronary arteries; cholesterol lipid profile; blood glucose (sugar check); blood pressure check; body mass index (BMI) assessment; customized report by Franciscan St. Francis Cardiovascular Imaging; and One-to-one evaluation with a St. Francis cardiac health coach.
This holiday season buy one Heart Scan for $99 and get a second one free a family member or friend.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 1-877-888-1777, or visit MyHeartCare.net.
