In March, HealthBeat told you about a comprehensive cardiac screening offered at Sanford that went on sale for 50 dollars. It's a series of tests that would normally cost nearly a thousand dollars. That price has created quite a frenzy and the hospital is making more room for more heart checks.
The 50 dollar scan has saved lives.
HealthBeat: Heart Health
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July 17, 2008
A Life Saving Sale
July 17, 2008
Robotic Heart Surgery
For most people with faulty heart valves, it means open heart surgery. But now doctors are using robots to help them perform certain valve operations without opening the chest. There's less pain, shorter hospital stays and many people get back to work in a couple of weeks.
Like an animal's instinct in the field, it was instinct that prompted Don Ginder to see a doctor.
"I'd walk to the shed and I'd get a little winded,” says Ginder.
Ginder had a faulty heart valve.
Like an animal's instinct in the field, it was instinct that prompted Don Ginder to see a doctor.
"I'd walk to the shed and I'd get a little winded,” says Ginder.
Ginder had a faulty heart valve.
July 1, 2008
Medical Procedure Benefits Some Women
Heart disease is the number one killer of women each year in the United States. A routine procedure called a cardiac catheterization allows doctors to find potential blockages in the coronary arteries, but the procedure may not benefit all women.
Virginia Devlin says she felt tightness in her chest and tingling in her arm.
Virginia Devlin says she felt tightness in her chest and tingling in her arm.
June 26, 2008
Supply And Demand For Cardiac Screening
Earlier this week we brought you the story of Jon Faulds, a 48-year-old Sioux Falls man who had no chest pain, no dizziness. But after his wife talked him into having a comprehensive cardiac screening at Sanford he found out that every artery in his heart was blocked. A week later he had a triple by-pass that saved his life.
The test, which includes a blood pressure check, electro-cardiogram, cholesterol check, and a CT scan for calcium deposits in the heart, normally costs nearly a thousand dollars.
The test, which includes a blood pressure check, electro-cardiogram, cholesterol check, and a CT scan for calcium deposits in the heart, normally costs nearly a thousand dollars.
May 26, 2008
Home Monitoring For High Blood Pressure
The American Heart Association has just released some new guidelines for people with hypertension, and it may help you ward off a heart attack or stroke.
May 15, 2008
Help For Heart Failure
Millions of Americans suffer from heart failure. As a result, their quality of life isn't what it could be. But doctors are studying a device that is not only keeping heart failure patients alive longer, it's also improving their quality of life.
March 17, 2008
Heart Attack Snow
With at least another couple of inches of snow expected Monday evening, chances are if you haven't done it once already today, you're going to come face to flake with what health experts call a "heart attack snow."
The term "heart attack snow" is reserved for exactly the kind of snowfall we've been dealing with since 8 or 9 Sunday night.
The term "heart attack snow" is reserved for exactly the kind of snowfall we've been dealing with since 8 or 9 Sunday night.
March 13, 2008
Cutting Costs On Cardiac Screenings
Of the 3,300 Americans who will have a heart attack today, nearly one-third of them don't know they're at risk.
Yet when you consider that someone dies from a heart attack every minute in this country, knowing that risk could
be critical to saving a life, and determining that risk just got more affordable.
That's because one of the most telling series of tests, known as a comprehensive cardiac screening, just went "on sale," if you will.
Yet when you consider that someone dies from a heart attack every minute in this country, knowing that risk could
be critical to saving a life, and determining that risk just got more affordable.
That's because one of the most telling series of tests, known as a comprehensive cardiac screening, just went "on sale," if you will.
March 10, 2008
Treating Pericarditis
It causes distinct chest pain, and may feel like a heart attack, but doctors say it isn't one. And the inflammation this condition can leave around the heart is enough to side-line a normally healthy person.
Pericarditis is a heart condition doctors say can be difficult to diagnose, often hard to treat and very challenging for many of the people who suffer from it, including the many you are about to meet.
Pericarditis is a heart condition doctors say can be difficult to diagnose, often hard to treat and very challenging for many of the people who suffer from it, including the many you are about to meet.
March 3, 2008
Failing To Recognize Heart Failure
Every year nearly half-million Americans are diagnosed with heart failure. Most of the time, it's caused by coronary artery disease or years of high blood pressure.
But doctors say heart failure can be caused by something else... something you wouldn't even guess would be related to your heart.
Crystal Vallez had some common flu symptoms, so she went to see the doctor.
But doctors say heart failure can be caused by something else... something you wouldn't even guess would be related to your heart.
Crystal Vallez had some common flu symptoms, so she went to see the doctor.
February 11, 2008
Has Your AED Had A Check-up?
Statistics show that more than 200,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac arrest every year. Up to 50,000 of these deaths could have been prevented if someone had access to an automated external defibrillator or AED. Across KELOLAND, more AEDs are being put in to place, but it's important to make sure the machine is as prepared to save a life as you are.
AEDs are so effective at saving lives that more than 700 have been put at the ready in the Sioux Falls area alone.
AEDs are so effective at saving lives that more than 700 have been put at the ready in the Sioux Falls area alone.
January 4, 2008
Cholesterol-Absorbing Machine
Heart disease is the number one killer in North America. And while most of us know that high cholesterol is a major risk factor, exercise, eating right and medications can also help get your cholesterol down, but for some people, none of those things work. Now there’s a new device being used could help when all those other things don't.
Doctors say it's best if your cholesterol is below 200.
Doctors say it's best if your cholesterol is below 200.
December 25, 2007
Stem Cells Repairing The Heart
It's a concept that has interested scientists for years - what if you could use stem cells in the heart after a heart attack, to help re-build damaged tissue? It's a good idea, but researchers have had trouble measuring if - and how well - the heart might respond. But new technology may change that.
During a heart attack, unless treatment is almost immediate, damage will be permanent.
During a heart attack, unless treatment is almost immediate, damage will be permanent.
December 18, 2007
Heart Disease Deaths Drop
There's good and bad news in a report released Tuesday about heart disease.
The good news in the report is that the number of people dying from heart disease and strokes is down. The bad news? Heart and artery disease is still the leading cause of death in this country. Cancer comes in at number two, with stroke a distant third.
According to the American Heart Association, nearly 800,000 people in the United States will have a heart attack next year.
The good news in the report is that the number of people dying from heart disease and strokes is down. The bad news? Heart and artery disease is still the leading cause of death in this country. Cancer comes in at number two, with stroke a distant third.
According to the American Heart Association, nearly 800,000 people in the United States will have a heart attack next year.
December 3, 2007
Christmas Coronary Caution
It's a little known fact that death rates tend to go up around the holidays. Some researchers have even started calling the trend the Merry Christmas coronary or the Happy New Year Heart Attack.
So why do hospitals often see heavier traffic this time of year?
Chances are a visit to the emergency room isn't on most people's holiday wish list.
So why do hospitals often see heavier traffic this time of year?
Chances are a visit to the emergency room isn't on most people's holiday wish list.
November 27, 2007
Dick Cheney's Heart Problems
Vice President Dick Cheney was back at work Tuesday after doctors delivered an electrical shock to his heart. So why was the procedure necessary and what could it mean for the vice president's continuing heart problems?
November 8, 2007
Patient-Focused Care At Avera Heart Hospital
For most people, time spent in the hospital isn't time well-spent. In fact, most people would rather be anywhere but there, which is why officials at the Avera Heart Hospital are working to change your impression of hospital care, by putting people care first.
Okay, you'd still probably rather be someplace else.
Okay, you'd still probably rather be someplace else.
November 8, 2007
Guidelines For Broken Hearts
Five million Americans suffer from congestive heart failure. It's a condition in which the heart beats inefficiently and slowly gets weaker. The good news is that experts have developed guidelines to help those patients.
A new national survey shows those new guidelines can save lives, but the challenge is making sure everyone knows these guidelines exist.
Between walking and riding this bike, Bob Chirico exercises more than two hours a week.
A new national survey shows those new guidelines can save lives, but the challenge is making sure everyone knows these guidelines exist.
Between walking and riding this bike, Bob Chirico exercises more than two hours a week.
October 9, 2007
Second Heart Attacks And Job Stress
Doctors know that healthy eating and exercise can help people who've had a heart attack avoid having another one. And now researchers say your job may also play an important role.
Heart attacks aren't as deadly as they used to be. Thanks to advances in emergency treatment, one million Americans who have had heart attacks survive the experience.
Heart attacks aren't as deadly as they used to be. Thanks to advances in emergency treatment, one million Americans who have had heart attacks survive the experience.
October 5, 2007
Heart Care Competition Heats Up
Sioux Falls has been home to the region's only dedicated heart hospital--the Avera Heart Hospital-- for nearly seven years now. Now there's talk of adding a second heart hospital to the region--the Sanford Heart and Vascular Hospital. But is there enough business to go around, and what does the race to be the best in health care mean for you?
The Sanford Heart and Vascular Hospital is expected to be built over the next two years and the price-tag for the facility could land in the neighborhood of 17 million dollars.
The Sanford Heart and Vascular Hospital is expected to be built over the next two years and the price-tag for the facility could land in the neighborhood of 17 million dollars.
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