Heart Month - Learn How to Protect Your Heart Health

February is American Heart Month! Baystate Health has resources to help you understand and improve your heart health. Take care of your heart health with advice from our experts.

an older couple making a heart with their hands to celebrate Heart Month
an older couple making a heart with their hands to celebrate Heart Month

Learn more about heart health in our articles, upcoming live webinars, and webinar recordings. Our experts cover topics like following a healthy diet for heart health, recognizing the symptoms of heart attack in women, how to check blood pressure at home, and tips on how to quit smoking.

Whether you are managing high blood pressure, have concerns about your cholesterol, are worried about your stroke risk, or are looking to prevent potential future heart problems, the experts at Baystate Health are here to help.

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Heart Disease Risk Assessment

Risk calculators are a helpful way to find out how healthy your heart is and to help you make a plan for preventing heart disease.

Heart and Vascular Webinars

Boost Your Heart Health with the Power of Nutrition Webinar

In this recorded webinar, clinical dietician Brandy Sarrette discusses how nutrition plans like intermittent fasting and the Mediterranean diet can be a game-changer for your heart health.

Leg Heaviness or Painful Varicose Veins? Learn About Venous Insufficiency and Varicose Veins Webinar

Are you experiencing leg aches, swelling, or discomfort? While there are many reasons for these symptoms, it could indicate the presence of venous insufficiency and/or varicose veins. These conditions can impact your quality of life. Learn how these issues develop, their potential health implications, and explore effective, comprehensive treatment options.

New Technologies in the Cardiac Cath Lab

An insider's view of the latest devices and innovations used in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab with Andrew Goldsweig, MD, MS, Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, for procedures such as valve replacement, stroke prevention, and more.

Pharmacist Role in Cardiovascular Health

Cardiac care advancement is achieved using a multidisciplinary team-based approach, which includes a clinical pharmacist practitioner. Jared Ostroff, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, BCGP, and Anna Mortali, PharmD, BCACP, discuss cardiac care and improving outcomes with pharmacologic involvement and advances.

Advancements in Bypass Surgery

David Bull, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Program, and Cardiac Surgeon, discusses updates in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, and shares Baystate Health advances in preventing strokes during bypass surgery.

Ozempic, Zepbound, and More: Behavioral Interventions & Weight Loss Medications For Heart Health

Michele Gortakowski, MD, Endocrinologist discusses new medications and advances in medically assisted weight loss and Kathryn Jobbins DO, Internist discusses how behavioral interventions can improve weight loss efforts.

Advancements in Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Siavash Saadat, cardiac surgeon, shares the latest advancements in cardiac surgery to treat heart disease.

Learn More About Heart Health

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AFib is Treatable

Baystate Health offers treatment options for AFib so you can live your best life. Offered in several forms, cardiac ablation is a safe, minimally invasive, surgical procedure that helps disrupt the electrical signals causing the irregular heartbeat and works to maintain a normal rhythm.

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