Cardiovascular Disease, or CVD for short, includes Coronary Heart Disease or diseases of the arteries (Arteriosclerosis, including hardening of the arteries, or Atherosclerosis), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Disease, Stroke, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Rheumatic Heart Disease and other dysfunctions of the cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the US today and the leading cause of diabetes related deaths. Research indicates that cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetics share a common root - Insulin resistance. Insulin resistance occurs when the body does not produce enough or does not respond very well to it's own natural insulin. Insulin is a hormone (much like a key) that helps blood sugar to get into the cells of the body to be stored or converted into energy.

Back to TopCardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to strokes and diseases of the heart. Coronary heart disease (manifested by heart attacks) and strokes are the two CVD diseases which drive the mortality rates and are the most common causes of death in the U.S.

To protect your heart and blood vessels, eat right, get physical activity, don't smoke, and maintain healthy blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Choose a healthy diet, low in salt. Work with a dietitian to plan healthy meals. If you're overweight, talk about how to safely lose weight. Ask about a physical activity or exercise program. Quit smoking if you currently do.

Researchers are finding possible links between periodontal (gum) infections and other diseases throughout the body. Current studies suggest that there may be a link between gum disease and cardiovascular disease. In fact, some research suggests that gum disease may be a more serious risk factor for heart disease than high blood pressure (hypertension), smoking, high cholesterol, gender and age.

Very common, and more so as people age. Because cardiovascular disease builds slowly, and seldom causes symptoms in early stages, many people have this disease and do not know it. That's a very good reason to start taking all precautions now.

There are several risk factors. And individual habits that may increase your chances for cardiovascular disease. Fortunately, many risk factors are within your control. Family history of atherosclerosis (plaque inside the arteries, also called "hardening of the arteries")

To protect your heart and blood vessels, eat right, get physical activity, don’t smoke, and maintain healthy blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Choose a healthy diet, low in salt. Work with a dietitian to plan healthy meals. If you’re overweight, talk about how to safely lose weight. Ask about a physical activity or exercise program. Quit smoking if you currently do.

If you have recently been diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease (blockages in your heart vessels) in the last twelve months, or if you have just had a heart attack or coronary artery bypass surgery, you will be eligible for our cardiac rehabilitation program. If you have had angina and heart disease for more than a year but still need help getting your blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, weight, or exercise program under control, the cardiovascular risk reduction program is for you.

Yes, they do! An estimated 485,000 coronary artery bypass surgeries were performed in 1993. Of these, 73% were performed on men, and 47% were performed on people under the age of 65. The total cost of all cardiovascular disease in 1996 is estimated by the American Heart Association to be $151.3 billion. Today, bypass surgery is an estimated $25+ billion a year industry, with the average cost of a surgery running around $44,000.00 (1992 statistic)...very profitable!

Cardiovascular disease includes all those pathologies affecting heart and/or blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease usually occurs when one or more arterials do not receive an adequate blood supply. In a brain stroke, blood flow is reduced or interrupted to part of the brain which undergoes ischemia or death cell due to lack of oxygen. In myocardial infarction, insufficient blood flow is restricted to one of the vessels supplying blood to the muscular walls of the heart - the coronary arteries.

Prevention, whose main aim is to keep the risk factors' level under control, is still the best weapon in the fight against cardiovascular disease, which comes suddenly and unexpectedly, thus the victim often does not receive adequate aid as the event normally occurs outside the hospital. Out of hospital mortality actually accounts for 30% of total mortality, and it is largely caused by cardiac arrest occurring within the first hour after the onset of symptoms.

Cardiovascular disease currently accounts for 44% of total deaths, 30% of these due to myocardial infarction and 31% to stroke. In industrialized countries like Italy cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death: every year 36 thousand persons die from acute myocardial infarction.