Heart Health Fair At St Vincent’s

BRIDGEPORT — St Vincent’s Medical Center will hold its 2nd Annual Heart Health Fair on Wednesday, February 13, from 7 am to 4 pm in the main lobby. The event, in celebration of St Vincent’s being named #1 in the state for cardiac surgery and for heart attack survival rates, is open to the public at no cost. The fair offers free lectures, free health screenings, information, free parking, giveaways, and raffles.

Hosted by St Vincent’s Regional Heart & Vascular Center, the fair will also feature 12 booths, and aims to spread awareness of cardiovascular disease risk factors, prevention and treatment options, and overall health and wellness strategies.

Attendees will be able to watch demonstrations of a 64-slice cardiac CT scan at the Interventional Radiology booth; there will be echocardiogram demonstrations at the Noninvasive Cardiology booth.

The Cardiovascular Wellness booth will offer body fat analysis and blood pressure screenings free of charge, HDL cholesterol screenings for a $15 materials charge, and a fasting-required lipid panel for a $20 materials charge. At the Sleep Center booth, participants will participate in a free sleep awareness screening.

At the Women’s Health booth, visitors will experience what a breast lump feels like on the breast cancer model.

Additional booths presenting at the fair are Heart Healthy Eating; Regina L. Cozza Women at Heart program; Healthy Hearts Club; Cardiac Rehabilitation/CHF Clinic; Stroke Prevention; Bariatric (weight loss) Surgery Center; and Smoke Stoppers.

The daylong lecture series includes the following sessions:

8:30–9 am, What’s New in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cardiac Surgery Chief Rafael Squitieri, MD & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Medical Director Albert DiMeo, MD

9–9:30 am, What’s New in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cardiac Surgery Chief Rafael Squitieri, MD & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Medical Director Albert DiMeo, MD

9:30–10 am, Warning Signs of Stroke; Stroke Center Medical Director Srinath Kadimi, MD

10–10:30 am, Peripheral Vascular Disease; cardiologist Jared Selter, MD

10:30–11 am, Diet & Exercise for Prevention of Diabetes and Heart Disease; cardiac surgeon Daniel Rose, MD

11–11:30 am, Warning Signs of Stroke; Stroke Center Medical Director Srinath Kadimi, MD

1:30–2 pm, Chest Pain and Noninvasive Cardiac Testing; cardiologist Venu Channamsetty, MD

2–2:30 pm, Thirteen Commandments of a Better Sleep; sleep specialist Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC

2:30–3 pm, Cardiac Stenting — What You Need to Know; cardiologist Robert Jumper, MD

3–3:30 pm, Coronary Artery Disease and Stress Testing; cardiologist Alon Ronen, MD

3:30–4 pm, Chest Pain, What does it mean?; cardiologist Mohummad Raza, MD

For more information about the Heart Health Fair, St Vincent’s Regional Heart & Vascular Center or for referral to a St Vincent’s cardiologist, call the toll-free Care Line at 877-255-SVHS (7847) or visit www.stvincents.org.