{"id":193,"date":"2014-09-08T20:08:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T20:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/?p=193"},"modified":"2019-05-11T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T01:54:00","slug":"heart-disease-stroke-update-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/heart-disease-stroke-update-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Disease &#038; Stroke \u2013 Update 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Consider the Following Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\uf0b7 Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) includes heart attacks, strokes and peripheral artery disease\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">(abdomen and legs). CAD is the number one cause of death in the United States, resulting in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">over 900,000 deaths annually and representing nearly one half of ALL causes of death.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Additionally, hundreds of thousand of women and men survive their initial attack and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">frequently with varying degrees of disability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\uf0b7For an excellent overview of cholesterol and the role of plaque in causing heart attacks, strokes\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">and peripheral arterial disease visit:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">www.webmd.com\/cholesterol-management\/cholesterol-and-artery-plaque-buildup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Good News:<\/strong> Over the past two decades major advances in the research of cardiovascular<br \/>\ndisease and the role of cholesterol and atherosclerotic plaque has demonstrated that this process<br \/>\nis potentially preventable and reversible, thereby preventing heart attacks and strokes.<br \/>\nIn 2004 I began a clinical study using screening office vascular ultrasound testing to diagnose<br \/>\nthe presence of cholesterol plaque within the carotid arteries to the brain, abdominal aorta and<br \/>\nthe femoral arteris in the lower extremities. When any plaque is present, a complete diagnostic<br \/>\ncarotid artery duplex ultrasound is performed to determine exactly what type and location of<br \/>\nthe plaque is present as well as the amount of narrowing (stenosis) of the artery, blood flow<br \/>\npressures and surface contour of the plaque. This diagnostic carotid artery study establishes a<br \/>\nbaseline with which future ultrasounds can be compared for stability, progression or regression.<br \/>\n<strong>Results to date:<\/strong> In patients who have made significant changes in their lifestyle habits and have<br \/>\nfollowed my recommendations, the result has been very encouraging. In nearly 2000 patients<br \/>\nthe progression of their disease (as measured by their carotid artery plaque) has been stopped,<br \/>\nstabilized and even reversed. And to my knowledge no events have occurred to date. In fact,<br \/>\nthere are a number of patients who NO longer have any evidence of their previous plaque. The<br \/>\nramifications of these findings are monumental for the potential of significantly reducing the<br \/>\nmortality and the morbidity caused by this disease.<br \/>\n<strong>Remember:<\/strong> Plaque may be common as we age, but it is NOT normal. It is a disease and is still<br \/>\nis the Number 1 cause of death and disability in the U.S. However, it has been clearly<br \/>\ndemonstrated that plaque can be stopped and even reversed.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0The Key:<\/strong><br \/>\no Diagnosing the presence of plaque before it ruptures, causing a heart attack or stroke.<br \/>\no Treating patients with asymptomatic (subclinical) disease (plaque) in the same manner as<br \/>\nthose patients who have had a heart attack or stroke (clinical) and survived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the Following Facts: \uf0b7 Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) includes heart attacks, strokes and peripheral artery disease\u00a0(abdomen and legs). CAD is the number one cause of death in the United States, resulting in\u00a0over 900,000 deaths annually and representing nearly one half of ALL causes of death. Additionally, hundreds of thousand of women and men survive their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/heart-disease-stroke-update-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heart Disease &#038; Stroke \u2013 Update 2014<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,67],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mKiD-37","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}