Annual Cardiology Preventive Forum focuses on “Million Hearts”

Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The ‘Million Hearts” initiative will be featured at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s 22nd annual Preventive Cardiology Forum from 7:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Suite 3.001, 6431 Fannin.

Seven experts in the field of preventive cardiology and neurology from UT Physicians will present “Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the ‘Million Hearts’ Initiative” during the free event, which is aimed at healthcare professionals.

The “Million Hearts” initiative was launched in September by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with partners such as the American Heart Association. Its message is centered on the “ABCS” of Aspirin for people at risk, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management and Smoking cessation in an effort to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years.

Francisco Fuentes, M.D., program director and UT Physicians cardiologist, will lead two panel discussions. Other speakers from UTHealth, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, and Baylor College of Medicine will speak on the pathological basis to reduce heart attack and stroke; early cardiovascular disease prevention in children; clinical aspects of the disease; the MyPlate initiative for heart health; exercise in children and adults; and overcoming the challenges of stroke prevention.

In addition to UTHealth, the forum will be webcast to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Memorial Health System of East Texas in Lufkin, and The University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus, which is part of UTHealth.

The event is sponsored by the Theodore and Maureen O’Driscoll-Levy Professorship. To register, visit www.UTcme.net, or email ms.pcfreg@uth.tmc.edu. For more details, call 713.500.6576.

- Deborah Mann Lake, Media Relations

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