To fight the spread of heart disease in our community, St. Francis developed The Center for Preventive Cardiology.
Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States.
The significant declines in heart disease in recent years can be attributed to the increase in prevention and education about heart disease. The Center for Preventive Cardiology was developed by a team of cardiologists, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals to prevent cardiac problems, and educate the community about cardiac risk factors. If you have checked two or more boxes, you may be at risk for heart disease. Although you cannot change your genetic make-up, you can change the other risk factors. Changing these can increase your chance of survival, if you would happen to have a heart attack, and can enhance your general quality of life.