Tip Sheets

Edition 1 2/1/2006

Know your Mayor by heart.  Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and other city employees will learn valuable information about their risk for heart disease when Florida Hospital conducts EKG’s at Orlando City Hall.  Find out more about the Mayor’s heart and the warning signs of heart attack and stroke on Thursday February 2, 2005.

Speaking of hearts, heart disease is the number one killer of American women.  One in every three women dies of heart disease, and too many women don’t even know some of the warning signs.  Find out why symptoms like fatigue, nausea, and dizziness may be mistaken for stress or indigestion and when they could be signaling a heart attack.

Stomping out the silent killer.  As many as one in three adults are affected by high blood pressure, and since the disease rarely exhibits noticeable symptoms, more than a third of those people don’t even know they have it.  High blood pressure can lead to congestive heart failure, kidney disease, aneurysms, and blindness. But now, doctors at Florida Hospital Centra Care are providing FREE blood pressure screenings during the month of February.  Talk to doctors and patients about the importance of having your blood pressure checked.

New technology gives Florida Hospital patients a clearer picture of the heart.  Physicians at Florida Hospital can now capture images of the whole heart and coronary arteries in just five heartbeats – providing clearer images of cardiovascular anatomy thanks to a new state-of-the-art CT imaging system.  In a single rotation, the Volume CT system creates 64 high-resolution anatomical images as thin as a credit card that are combined to form a three-dimensional view of the patient’s anatomy.  See how physicians can actually view such things as blockages in the coronary arteries, as well as the motion and pumping action of a patient’s heart.

Heartburn or your heart – can you tell the difference?  Heartburn is a burning sensation that may start in your upper abdomen and then rise up in your chest, sometimes all the way to your neck.  Symptoms of heartburn can actually even resemble symptoms of a heart attack.  Talk to a Florida Hospital cardiologist and learn how knowing the difference between the two can save your life.

Is fresh bread good for your heart?  Well if you are recovering from heart surgery at Florida Hospital Orlando, it can be.  Find out why nurses bake bread on the Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit and how it is helping patients.