Vascular Disease Assessment

There are many ways for people to find out that they are at risk of having a heart attack or stroke such as, having one. Or, like the 56-year-old women in the photo above, who stopped at one of our blood pressure clinics to find out, much to her shock, that her blood pressure was 247/152…a life threatening blood pressure.

The Peterborough Regional Vascular Health Network in partnership with the Central East LHIN, Peterborough Family Health Team, Peterborough Renal Network, Ontario Heart and Stroke and Astra Zeneca Canada is able to offer the people of Peterborough and surrounding area, who are without a Family doctor, the opportunity to be assessed for vascular disease. The process includes meeting with a registered nurse, consultation with a heart specialist, cardiac testing as indicated and appropriate treatment and life-style counselling as required.

If you are:

• Male between the ages of 40 and 75 or Female between the ages of 50 and 75
• Do not currently have a family physician (We do not take on the role of a family physician)
• Not already prescribed ALL 3 ‘LIFESAVER’ drugs:
  • statins for cholesterol
  • ACE inhibitors or ARB drugs
  • aspirin or equivalent blood-thinning therapy

Contact us at this email.

We congratulate you for taking the opportunity to be screened for vascular disease. The most important thing about this condition is that it be found. You are giving yourself an important advantage over those who don’t know that they have the condition. This may result in constructive steps being taken to improve your health for the future.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Vascular disease is abnormal structure and/or function of the arteries that supply all parts of the body.
• Vascular disease is the most common cause of death of Canadians – about 80% of people will get vascular disease and about 40% will die from it.
• Far more women die from vascular disease than die from breast cancer.
• About half the patients who die from heart attacks die suddenly without any apparent warning.
• Finding vascular disease in your neck is a good predictor of having vascular disease in other parts of the body – including your heart.
• There are strategies for managing vascular disease that reduce, by more than 50%, your chances of having a bad event, like a heart attack or stroke.
• The single most important thing for individuals concerned about vascular disease is to find it and have it treated. Treatment includes diet, exercise, lifestyle changes and medication.