Presbyterian Healthcare 
Prevention and Early Detection
Heart Disease
| The Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology offers a comprehensive prevention and cardiovascular disease management program to help you control the development of heart disease. |
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Taking care of your heart is one of the most important things you can do to ensure that you live a long and healthy life. The Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology offers heart healthy programs to help you control or prevent the development of heart disease.
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Programs offered at the Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology
The Center offers programs to identify and assess your risk for heart disease, manage existing risk factors and help you recover from a heart attack or surgery through cardiac rehabilitation. If you suffer from heart disease or have several risk factors, the following programs will help you make important lifestyle changes that can lead to a longer, more enjoyable life.
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
An important first step in preventing cardiovascular disease and stroke is determining your level of risk. We offer one-on-one cardiovascular risk assessments, which include cholesterol level and blood pressure checks as well as personal consultations on how to reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Assessments cost $25 and are offered at the Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology.
Cardiovascular Risk Management Program
We offer a comprehensive preventive cardiology program that evaluates your cardiac risk factors and develops an action plan emphasizing optimal management of all risk factors, including your lipid and hypertension management and diabetes control. Risk management plan may also include nutrition counseling, education and exercise therapy.
Our cardiac rehabilitation program offers exercise therapy, nutrition counseling and cardiac education to help patients and their families recover from a heart attack, heart surgery or other cardiac conditions. This program builds support systems to maximize each participant's success in making lifestyle changes to achieve a healthy heart.
Smoking Cessation
Using individualized medical assessment, strategies and health tips, this program helps people identify and reach their goals to stop using tobacco.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight contributes to overall cardiovascular health. We offer several programs to help you achieve your weight goals.
Heart healthy eating habits are an important part of overall cardiovascular health. The Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology offers a number of programs and services to promote heart healthy eating habits.
Exercise is key to leading a heart healthy lifestyle. We can help you develop and maintain a heart healthy exercise plan.
The Presbyterian Center for Preventive Cardiology offers massage therapy in a soothing, relaxed environment.
For more information on these programs or to learn more about how you can reduce your chance of heart disease, call 704-384-5043.
