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CARDIAC HEALTH FDN BULLETIN WINTER EDITION Issue #2

Cardiac Health Fdn Bulletin

Winter Edition

Volume 2

PREVENTION, EDUCATION & CARDIOVASCULAR REHABILITATION ISSUE 2

Welcome to the second edition of the bulletin! Our goal is to bring you up-‐to-‐date on news/happenings within the Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada. Although we may produce a few print copies of this bulletin, it will be disseminated electronically. If you find it worthwhile and wish to add friends and relatives to our e-‐blast list, send the name and email address to Christina Mellos, our Operations Manager, at [email protected]

Within this edition we will focus on the Canada wide 2016 National Walk of Life results, the upcoming Healthy Hearts Chef Challenge, and our May 27th 2017 Walk of Life including a fabulous new project that will enhance the value of cardiovascular rehabilitation in Canada. Also within our Heart Health Resources we include a book review and some delicious recipes.

National Walk of Life We are pleased to report that 26 Walk of Life events were organized across Canada during 2016. We are proud of and applaud this entire group of Walk of Life organizers, their sponsors, walkers and runners who raised $958,602.30. In a year in which most charities faced incredible challenges in meeting or exceeding their previous years’

successes, we applaud the 5,865 individuals who paid tribute to family members, friends and relatives affected by heart disease by participating in the walks, runs and chair exercises across Canada.

Within this bulletin we are listing a summary of the results for each location across Canada. Additionally, we are delighted to provide highlights of some individual programs who have shared both pictures and highlights of their individual Walk of Life events. Our intention is to provide a glimpse into the work our members and partners undertake across Canada in ensuring that cardiovascular rehabilitation programs exist to improve the health and extend the lives of Canadians affected by heart disease across Canada.

Upper River Valley Hospital Cardiac Rehab Program in Waterville, NB Congratulations to the Upper River Valley Hospital Cardiac Rehab program on hosting its first annual Walk of Life on September 24th from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm at the Ayr

Motor Centre, 105 Connell Park Road, Woodstock New Brunswick. All proceeds raised by participants involved in the 1km and 5km walk go to the URV Cardiac Rehab Program. This program is designed for people referred from Saint John Heart Centre who have had a heart attack, surgery and or a heart condition. This inaugural event drew 48 participants between the ages of 14 to 91 years of age who raised $5,000. These funds go towards the purchase of equipment for the CR program.

Upper River Valley Hospital Cardiac Rehab Program’s 1st Walk of Life ______________________________________

Editor: John Sawdon Digital Design & Layout: Christina Mellos Executive Director: Barbara Kennedy

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YMCA Healthy Heart Program in New Westminster, BC

The New Westminster YMCA Healthy Heart Program exceeded their goals for their very successful Walk of Life. They had 289 participants compared to 167 for the year before and increased their income to $22,000 from $15,000. In 2017 The YMCA Heart Healthy Program in New Westminster hopes to launch a Web site promoting their event, while increasing to 360 participants and raising $30,000.

2016 National Walk of Life Results Summary

CITY PROV PROGRAM NAME # of

Participants GROSS $$

Raised 1 Burnaby BC Burnaby Hospital Healthy Heart Program 275 20,000.00 2 Kelowna BC COACH Cardiac Rehab 121 32,110.15

3 New

Westminster BC YMCA Healthy Heart Program 287 22,587.11 4 Winnipeg MB Reh-Fit Centre 191 14,270.00 5 Moncton NB Coeur en Sante/Cardiac Wellness Program 175 21,176.50 6 Moncton NB Cardiac Rehab Program - The Moncton Hospital 44 8,135.00

7 Saint John NB Cardiovascular Health & Wellness Program, Saint John

Regional Hospital 175 24,806.50

8 St. Quentin NB Clinique de Readaptation cardiaque Hopital Hotel Dieu

de St. Quentin 98 5,169.00 9 Waterville NB Upper River Valley Cardiac Rehabilitation Program 48 5,680.01

10 Sydney NS Cape Breton Heart Lung Wellness Centre 205 9,000.00 11 Breslau ON Cardiac Fitness Association 351 69,662.00 12 Cornwall ON Seaway Valley Community Health Centre 30 2,720.00

13 Etobicoke ON Trillium Health Partners' Cardiovascular Prevention &

Rehab Program 210 22,664.73 14 Goderich ON Healthy Hearts Cardiac Rehab Program 92 7,967.00 15 Hamilton ON McMaster Cardiac Rehab Program 212 25,150.00

16 Ingersoll ON Oxford County Cardiac Rehabilitation & Secondary

Prevention Program 30 7,925.00

17 Lindsay ON Cardiac Rehab Program - The Beat Goes On, Ross

Memorial Hospital 122 12,577.25

18 Newmarket ON Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehab Program, Southlake

Regional Health Centre 199 30,955.00 19 St. Catharines ON Brock-Niagara Centre for Health and Well-Being 30 2,455.00

20 St. Catharines ON Cardiovascular Health & Rehab Program, Niagara

Health System 31 5,015.00 21 Sudbury ON Health Sciences North Cardiac Rehabilitation Program 75 6,350.00

22 Toronto ON Central East Regional Cardiac Care Program, Rouge

Valley Health System 755 83,578.05

23 Toronto ON UHN Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Program - Toronto Rehab 21 2,548.00

24 Prince Albert SK fitLife Program, Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab & Risk

Management Program 70 22,955.00 25 Saskatoon SK Saskatoon Health Region - LiveWell Cardiac Program 218 18,390.00

PROGRAM TOTALS 4065 483,846.30 26 CARDIAC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CANADA GTA WALK PARTICIPANTS 1800 474,756.00

TOTAL FOR ALL SITES 5865 958,602.30


Cape Breton Heart Lung Wellness Centre in Sydney, NS

Did You Know that the Cape Breton Heart & Lung Wellness Centre’s Walk of Life event is held on Membertou First Nation territory? This successful event both raises funds towards cardiac rehab services and also for the local food bank. A Mi’kmaw drummer leads the way in launching the Walk of Life event and explaining the role of the drum in honouring Mother Earth. This year this event had farm animals from Twin Lighthouse Farms, with bouncy castles, face painting and a crazy hat contest.

As we welcome the New Year and send our wishes for incredible success to all organizers of Walk of Life events to be held across Canada, we are filled with excitement once again. This year, our 33rd GTA Walk of Life will be held once again at the Ontario Science Centre on May 27th, 2017.

We are pleased to continue our partnerships with the Mikey Network, Cardiac Kids, Canadian Congenital Heart Alliance, and the University of Toronto for the Dr. Terry Kavanagh Heart Health Lab, who jointly contribute to the success of this event. We are also delighted to announce that Paw Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My

C.O.A.C.H. Central Okanagan Association For Cardiac Health in Kelowna, BC

The successful Walk of Life event in Kelowna, British Columbia attracted 121 participants including members of the Kelowna Rockets, the local Major Junior A Hockey Team. We applaud everyone who came out and contributed to the success for this event which raised $32,110.15. The C.O.A.C.H. program is scheduled as 16 sessions that includes exercise on Tuesdays and education on Wednesdays. This program is targeted towards participants with the following conditions: Heart Attack, Atrial Fibrillation, Angioplasty/Stenting, Cardiac Arrest, Open Heart Surgery, Medically Managed Heart Disease.

Little Pony, Little Charmers, and Super Wings will be joining our walk. These characters which will be a wonderful treat for families and children, and are extra special in helping us to highlight our announcement that for the first time in Canada, a Paediatric Cardiac Rehab Exercise is Medicine Program and Room will be developed at SickKids Hospital. Cardiac Kids and Bike2Play are our partners in this new fundraising initiative. Can you imagine, that it has been almost 50 years since Dr. Terry Kavanagh undertook the pioneering work in establishing cardiac rehabilitation for adults across Canada, and finally children & adolescents will benefit from this

Central East Regional Cardiac Care Program Rouge Valley Health System in Toronto, ON

Congratulations to Rouge Valley Health System and its incredibly successful Walk of Life events including its success in receiving a grant for expansion of its cardiac rehabilitation program into the Central East Regional Cardiac Care Program. This program which now has expanded sites throughout Durham Region has one of the oldest and largest Walk of Life events across Canada. During this past year 755 participants attended Walk of Life events raising $83,578.05.

For pictures of this event go to the flickr sites for both the Scarborough Centenary Walk of Life and the Oshawa Walk of Life:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rvhsf/albums/72157667880912055 (Oshawa 2016)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rvhsf/albums/72157667502830086 (Scarborough 2016)

development by having their own program!

We will provide more details in our next edition of the bulletin but wanted to wish you well in 2017 for your Walk of Life events and to make this important announcement including introducing our Paw Patrol characters and their friends. We challenge you to begin organizing your teams and to make this the year that we exceed our fundraising goals in cardiovascular rehabilitation programs across Canada. We will once again also feature a Tribute Wall in acknowledging those who have been impacted by cardiovascular disease.

Save the date…GTA Walk of Life is May 27, 2017


Get Your Tickets today for this February 2nd, 2017 event in honour of Heart Month!

We are pleased to announce that Four Teams of Chefs from the Luxury Retirement Communities of Chartwell, DelManor, Schlegel Villages and V!VA will compete in the Healthy Hearts Chef Challenge. This exciting event held at BMO Financial Group Institute for Learning, 3550 Pharmacy Avenue, Toronto, Ontario from 6:15pm to 9:30pm will be moderated by Dr. Peter Lin, medical expert and CBC’s charismatic “House Doctor”. Dr. Lin will provide cardiovascular education in reducing the incidence of heart disease including highlighting the importance of Heart Healthy Nutrition. His light-‐hearted, humorous style will entertain all-‐ a seminar never tasted so good! Andrew Beg, Tom King, Frances Beg will provide musical entertainment for the evening.

We are especially grateful to Executive Chef Murray and the BMO IFL for his leadership in

facilitating/planning and to our Sponsors for

their generosity. This includes Bank of Montreal, Boehringer Ingelheim-‐Lilly Alliance, Amgen Canada, The Printing House, The Brand Factory, Sysco Canada, Globe Hotelware Agency, Rich Products of Canada, Nestle Professional, Dolce Hotels and Resorts, Colio Estate Wines, Media Planet, Chartwell Retirement Residences, DelManor Inspired Retirement Living, Schlegel Villages and VIVA Retirement Communities.

Please join us through the purchase of tickets at $125 each, and a partial charitable tax receipt will be issued after the event. Register online www.cardiachealth.ca or call our office at 416-‐730-‐8299. We are especially excited to announce that proceeds from this event will go towards establishing the first paediatric cardiac rehab exercise is medicine room and program for children and

adolescents in Canada at SickKids Hospital.

Exciting new opportunity! The University of Regina is offering a FREE 8-‐week online depression and anxiety management course for people who have had a cardiac event (heart attack or unstable angina) in the past 2 years. Details available at: www.onlinetherapyuser.ca/cardiac/ or call (306)585-‐4203

Did You Know Prevalence of depression in cardiac patients is 3 times higher than the general population -‐25% to 35% persistent anxiety & depression. Depression in cardiac patients is a significant and independent predictor of mortality & increased cardiac events, reduced quality of life, poorer self management and greater health service use

Learn coping skills to improve your life in this free online course offered by the University of Regina ($1,300 value).

Participants will learn simple but effective techniques to manage depression and anxiety and will also receive weekly guided support as they complete the course. Call and sign up today!

The 2nd Annual Healthy Hearts Chef Challenge

Announcing an Online Course with Support for Anxiety/Depression following a Heart Attack

CARDIAC HEALTH FDN BULLETIN WINTER EDITION Issue #2

Heart Healthy Recipes:

Chicken & Sun-‐Dried Tomato Orzo

(Originally in Eating Well Magazine March/April 2008)

Ingredients: 8 ounces of orzo, preferably whole-‐wheat 1 cup water half cup chopped sun-‐dried tomatoes 1 plum tomato diced 1 clove garlic 3 tsp of chopped fresh marjoram 1 tbsp of red-‐wine vinegar 2 tsp plus 1 tablespoon of extra-‐virgin olive oil 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts trimmed Quarter teaspoon of salt Quarter teaspoon of freshly ground pepper 1, nine ounce package of frozen artichoke hearts (thawed) Half a cup of finely shredded Romano cheese Directions:

1. Cook orzo in saucepan of boiling water until tender 8 to 10 minutes, drain and rinse

2. Place cup of water, one-‐third cup of sun-‐dried tomatoes, plum tomato, garlic, 2 teaspoons of marjoram, vinegar & 2 teaspoons of oil in a blender. Blend until chunks remain.

3. Season chicken with salt, pepper on both sides. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook, adjusting heat to prevent burning and golden on outside without pink inside (4 to 7 minutes) transfer to plate.

4. Pour tomato sauce into pan and bring to boil. Measure half a cup sauce to a small bowl. Add remaining sun-‐dried tomatoes to the pan along with orzo, artichoke hearts and 6 tablespoons of cheese. Cook stirring until heated through (1 or 2 minutes). Divide among four plates. Slice the chicken. Top each portion of pasta with the chicken, 2 tablespoons of the reserved tomato sauce and sprinkling of the remaining cheese and marjoram.

Note: Each serving has approximately 455 calories, 12 grams of fat, 10 grams of fibre, 54 grams of carbohydrates, 36 grams of protein, 70 mg of cholesterol, 4 grams of sugar, 377 grams of sodium, 782 grams of potassium Peach and Blueberry Crisp with Crunchy Topping (from Life Made Delicious with original in Betty Crocker’s Heart Healthy Cookbook) Ingredients: 4 medium peaches, peeled and sliced about 2 and three-‐quarters of cup 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (Thawed) 2 tbsp packed brown sugar 2 tbsp orange juice 1 tsp ground cinnamon One quarter tsp of ground nutmeg 1 cup of honey clusters cereal slightly crushed One third cup chopped pecans Three-‐quarters cup of frozen fat free whipped topping Directions:

1. heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray bottom of and sides of square baking dish or pan 8x8x2 or rectangular pan 11x7x1and a half with non stick cooking spray.

2. Place peaches and blueberries in baking dish. Mix brown sugar, orange juice, cinnamon and nutmeg in small bowl and drizzle over fruit.

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3. Bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with crushed cereal and pecans. Bake another 10 to 15 minutes longer or until peaches are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm or cold with whipped topping

Grilled Halibut with Tomato-‐Avocado Salsa

(Originally Betty Crocker’s Heart Healthy Cookbook)

Ingredients: 1 and half pounds (750 grams) halibut, tuna or swordfish steaks 2 tbsp of soybean oil, or safflower oil or canola oil 2 tbsp of lemon or lime juice One quarter tsp of salt One quarter of tsp of ground cumin One eighth tsp of ground red pepper (cayenne) 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped 1 and half cups of Old El Paso Thick “N” Chunky Salsa 1 medium avocado, pitted, peeled and coarsely chopped 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro Directions:

1. If fish steaks are large cut into six serving pieces. Mix remaining ingredients except tomato-‐avocado salsa in shallow glass dish. Add fish; turn to coat with marinade. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes but no longer than 2 hours.

2. In a medium Bowl mix tomato-‐avocado salsa ingredients together. Set aside until ready to serve. 3. Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Remove fish from marinade, keep marinade aside. Cover and grill fish for 12 to 15 minutes brushing

marinade 2 to 3 times and turning once until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve fish with salsa Preparation time 20 minutes, total time 1 hour 5min and makes six servings

Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken and Vegetables

(on the Life Made Delicious website)

Ingredients: 1 lb new potatoes, halved or quartered if large 1 large onion 1 lb brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved 1 lb carrots, peeled and cut into bite sized chunks Half a cup of olive oil Half tsp black pepper Half tsp of salt 2 tbsp of fresh minced rosemary plus 2 whole sprigs 2 lemons halved 4 cloves of garlic, finely minced 1 whole chicken 4 lbs cut up Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray baking sheet liberally with cooking spray. Spread potatoes, onions, Brussels sprouts and carrots in one layer on the baking sheet. Drizzle with half of the olive oil and then sprinkle with half of salt and pepper, and then set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the remaining olive oil, salt and pepper with the minced rosemary, juice form the lemons (keep lemon half’s) and garlic until well combined. Add in the chicken pieces and toss until fully coated

3. Place the chicken skin side up on the sheet pan with the vegetables. Add the juiced lemon halves and additional sprigs of rosemary. Bake in preheated oven for 35-‐40 minutes, or until the veggies are all tender, and an internal thermometer registers 165°F in the fleshy part of one of the chicken drumsticks.

4. Remove from oven and let rest for 5-‐10 minutes before serving. Season with additional salt and pepper, if necessary Note: to reduce sodium cut salt to one quarter teaspoon.


“Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure” by Steve Ryan

This is a book written by Steve S. Ryan PhD. Steve is a former a-‐fib patient, health educator and advocate for patients suffering from A-‐Fib. He started Atrial Fibrillation for Patients www.A-‐Fib.com. This book assists patients and families to both understand a-‐fib and to explore the various treatment options available. He provides a step by step approach to selecting the best doctor for you and identifying the best treatment options that you might consider pursuing. Part I is an overview of a-‐fib and its causes. Part II is all about treatments and procedures used to control or eliminate Atrial Fibrillation. Part III explores scenarios and options for treatment. Numerous patient stories are shared along with an exploration of every available treatment option. This section concludes with a top ten lists of lessons learned. Part IV contains appendices with a glossary of terms, resource rich websites and Steve’s personal story.

As someone who has experienced A-‐fibrillation and Atrial Flutter and was successfully cardio-‐ablated, I found the book informative and incredibly insightful.

Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada Website with

Did You Know Articles

We encourage you to visit our website and to read and stay abreast of the Heart Health articles which have appeared under the banner of Did You Know. These articles are intended to provide awareness of the health issues and preventative actions you can take in both managing cardiovascular disease and healthy lifestyle change. During our first edition of the bulletin we listed all of the Did You Know articles written in the past year. Today we are adding some of the newer articles written since the last bulletin. We encourage you to let us know your areas of interest. If we haven’t researched it, we will do our best to address this issue before our next edition of the bulletin.

DID YOU KNOW….

• That Dyslipidemia and Hypercholesterolemia are Linked to Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease?

• That Inflammation Might be the Real Cause of Heart Attacks? • That Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Double Jeopardy • Individuals with Atrial Fibrillation are at Higher Risk for Stroke? • That Influenza can have Deadly Consequences for Individuals with Heart Disease?


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