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VOLUME 34 NUMBER 1 JANUARY / FEBURARY 2015 A young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of her flowers was flipping through a flower catalog one day and saw a plant with amazing blooms like she'd never seen before. She immediately ordered it and prepared the perfect place to plant it – at the base of a wall in her backyard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but to her disappointment, there were no blooms. Day after day, she continued to water it, feed it, and she even talked to it, trying to coerce it to bloom, but nothing worked. One morning weeks later as she stood looking at the vine with sincere thought to cutting it down and planting something different in its place, her neighbor came over and said, 'Thanks so much for planting such a beautiful plant on the wall! You have no idea how much I've enjoyed its gorgeous blooms!' The young woman walked around the wall and sure enough… the other side of the wall was filled with stunning blooms, just as she'd hoped for. The vine had crept through the crevices and flowered luxuriantly on the other side of the wall. Just because you cannot see the benefits of your labor does not mean it bore no fruit. Stay well! President’s Message “The Beat Goes On” is printed and mailed through the generosity of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (www.ccf.org). The Mended Hearts of Greater Cleveland membership is very thankful for their support. This newsletter is a publication of the Greater Cleveland Chapter #138 of Mended Hearts, Inc. It is a benefit of membership and distributed to the heart patients we visit. Main Program is moving. New Location: Hillcrest Hospital Assessment could help target the condition before it develops Medical researchers have known for some time that a high level of lipoprotein-a, or LP(a), in your bloodstream is a risk factor for heart disease. A new study has found that when added to a traditional lipid panel – a blood test that measures lipids – measurements of apparently healthy patients’ blood levels of LP(a) can help doctors more accurately predict the patient’s risk of developing heart disease over the next 15 years. The assessment is particularly useful for people who have a medium-level risk of developing heart disease. Researchers say these findings, coupled with recent genetic (Continued on page 2) Blood Test Improves Predicon of Your Heart Disease Risk Unless otherwise noted. 1 st Wednesday of each month at Lake West Medical Center, 36000 Euclid Ave., Willoughby. 2 nd Wednesday of each month, at Hillcrest Hospital 6780 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights January Jan 7 Lake West Satellite Program No Program Jan 14 Main Program No Program Feburary Feb 4 Lake West Satellite Program TBD Location: Lake West Medical Center Time: 7:00 p.m. Feb 11 Diner & a Speaker Debra Vegh, Ignite hairsalon Topic: Aromatherapy Location: Hillcrest Hospital Time: 6:30 p.m.
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VOLUME 34 NUMBER 1 JANUARY / FEBURARY 2015
A young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of her flowers was flipping through a flower catalog one day and saw a plant with amazing blooms like she'd never seen before. She immediately ordered it and prepared the perfect place to plant it – at the base of a wall in her backyard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but to her disappointment, there were no blooms. Day after day, she continued to water it, feed it, and she even talked to it, trying to coerce it to bloom, but nothing worked.
One morning weeks later as she stood looking at the vine with sincere thought to cutting it down and planting something different in its place, her neighbor came over and said, 'Thanks so much for planting such a beautiful plant on the wall! You have no idea how much I've enjoyed its gorgeous blooms!'
The young woman walked around the wall and sure enough… the other side of the wall was filled with stunning blooms, just as she'd hoped for. The vine had crept through the crevices and flowered luxuriantly on the other side of the wall.
Just because you cannot see the benefits of your labor does not mean it bore no fruit.
Stay well!
President’s Message
“The Beat Goes On” is printed and mailed through the generosity of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (www.ccf.org). The Mended Hearts of Greater Cleveland membership is very thankful for their support.
This newsletter is a publication of the Greater Cleveland Chapter #138 of Mended Hearts, Inc. It is a benefit of membership and distributed to the heart patients we visit.
Main Program is moving.
New Location:
Hillcrest Hospital
Assessment could help target the condition before it develops
Medical researchers have known for some time that a high level of lipoprotein-a, or LP(a), in your bloodstream is a risk factor for heart disease.
A new study has found that when added to a traditional lipid panel – a blood test that measures lipids – measurements of apparently healthy patients’ blood levels of LP(a) can help doctors more accurately predict the patient’s risk of developing heart disease over the next 15 years.
The assessment is particularly useful for people who have a medium-level risk of developing heart disease.
Researchers say these findings, coupled with recent genetic
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Blood Test Improves Prediction of Your Heart Disease Risk
Unless otherwise noted.
1st Wednesday of each month at Lake West Medical Center, 36000 Euclid Ave., Willoughby.
2nd Wednesday of each month, at Hillcrest Hospital 6780 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights
January Jan 7 Lake West Satellite Program
No Program
Jan 14 Main Program No Program
Feburary Feb 4 Lake West Satellite Program
TBD Location: Lake West Medical Center Time: 7:00 p.m.
Feb 11 Diner & a Speaker
Debra Vegh, Ignite hairsalon
Topic: Aromatherapy
Location: Hillcrest Hospital Time: 6:30 p.m.
studies similarly pointing toward LP(a) as a cause of heart disease, could lead to medications that lower LP(a) levels – and help to stave off development of heart disease for people who haven’t yet developed it.
Better predictions
Researchers at Innsbruck Medical University in Innsbruck, Austria measured the LP(a) levels in more than 800 healthy men and women and followed them for 15 years.
They looked at how accurate existing risk factors and blood tests are at predicting which people were at a lower risk versus those who were at higher risk for developing heart disease.
They found that adding an initial baseline LP(a) measurement greatly improved the ability to reclassify 40 percent of the study
participants as high- or low-risk.
In fact, the LP(a) measurement helped to better predict a person’s risk for developing heart disease, even as long as 15 years later.
Fine-tuning patient assessments
Lipoproteins are molecules made of proteins, cholesterol and fat. They are the major carriers of cholesterol and similar substances through the blood.
Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, Head of the Section for Preventive Cardiology, said that this assessment would be of great value for general practitioners in helping to determine a patient’s chance of developing cardiovascular disease. Dr. Hazen did not take part in the study.
“What this data showed is that LP(a) significantly added to the existing risk factors and the existing blood tests to help fine-tune risk assessment, and really home
in on who is at greater versus less risk for developing cardiovascular disease,” Dr. Hazen says.
“Because LP(a) levels change by only 10 percent to 20 percent over a lifetime, getting just a single measure of LP(a) can help to identify
those for whom more aggressive preventive efforts may yield the most benefit for a lifetime,” Dr. Hazen says.
LP(a) levels are highly inheritable, Dr. Hazen says. Anyone with an elevated level should let their first-degree relatives, such as parents, children or siblings, know they also should seek screening with LP(a) testing.
“I think LP(a) testing should become part of our standard initial risk assessment early in adulthood – when preventive efforts for those most in need will have the largest benefit,” Dr. Hazen says. “You can reduce your cardiovascular risks by lowering your cholesterol, monitoring blood pressure and insuring that your blood sugars are well-controlled.”
Complete findings for the study, “Discrimination and Net Reclassification of Cardiovascular Risk with Lipoprotein (A)” appear in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Smart ways to feel satisfied between meals
Snacking is a dieter’s trick but is also great for anyone who wants to avoid excessive hunger and overeating during meals.
“It’s important to account for snacks by adjusting mealtime calories and consider-ing your overall caloriesfor the day,” says registered dietitian Kate Patton from Cleveland Clinic’s Section of Preventive Cardiology. “Then you can enjoy the bene-fits of feeling satisfied and maintaining your energy and blood sugar,” she adds.
Creamy or chunky dairy and soy
8 oz nonfat fruit* or plain yogurt*
8 oz nonfat yogurt* with ½ cup mixed berries
8 oz nonfat yogurt* with 1 Tbsp slivered almonds, ground flax or wheat germ
4 oz nonfat or 1 percent fat cottage cheese with ½ cup canned fruit in own juice
4 oz nonfat or 1 percent fat cottage cheese on 1 slice whole grain bread or English muffin
½ cup frozen low-fat yogurt topped with ½ cup diced fruit of choice
½ cup nonfat pudding
1 oz soy cheese alternative or nonfat/2 percent fat cheese and 3-5 whole grain crackers
1 oz part-skim mozzarella string cheese and 1 medium apple
6 oz skim or reduced fat soymilk and 2 graham crackers
8 oz skim milk or reduced fat soymilk and 1 piece of fruit
*120 calories or less per 8 oz portion
Veggie snacks with simple dips
(1) 8 oz glass vegetable juice and 3-6 whole wheat crackers
1 cup or more of raw vegetables of your choice
1 cup raw veggie of choice, dipped in 2 Tbsp reduced fat salad dressing
1 cup raw veggie of choice, dipped in ¼ cup hummus
1 Tbsp peanut butter spread over 2 celery stalks and topped with 2 Tbsp raisins
1 cup cooked vegetable with 1 ounce melt-ed 2 percent fat cheese
2 slices diet whole wheat bread with 1 cup sliced raw or cooked veggies of choice and
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35 Easy Low-Cal Snack Ideas — Each Under 200 Calories
Officers & Committees 2014
ELECTED OFFICERS President: Scott Eitman 216.245.9063 [email protected] Vice President: Open Treasurer: Bill Goellner 614.296.9637 [email protected] Secretary: Open
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Newsletter Editor: Scott Eitman 216.245.9063 [email protected] Scholarship Chairman: Doug Barr 440.734.1715 Visiting Chairman: Ernie Johnson 440-655-4627 [email protected] Membership: Dennis Klein 440.442.0381 Program: (Open) Chapter Advisor: Rosemarie Pierson, RN, BA 440.236.3410 [email protected]
HOSPITAL COORDINATORS Cleveland Clinic: Tom Huth 216.382.0470 EMH Regional Med. Ctr.: Bill Crowell440.323.7770 [email protected] Hillcrest: Dick Singer [email protected] Lake West: Katherine Fagan 440.639.9418 St. John Medical Center: Arden Swanson 440.777.8910 [email protected] University Hospital: Pat Hennessy 216.346.4211
OTHER VISITING CHAIRMEN Internet Visiting: Walter Drake III 216.692.2221 [email protected] Telephone Visiting: Dennis Klein 440.442.0381
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1 ounce low-fat cheese slice
Fruit snacks, naked or with chocolate
1 medium serving most fruits
½ cup fruit canned in own juice or light syrup
8 oz 100 percent fruit juice
6 oz skim milk, ¾ cup diced strawberry and banana, 1 Tbsp chocolate syrup and 1 cup ice blended to make a smoothie
1 Tbsp peanut butter spread over a medi-um apple
Nutty trail mix and seeds
2 Tbsp raw or dry roasted nut of choice (soy nuts, slivered almonds, walnuts, pe-cans) with 2 Tbsp raisins or dried cranber-ries
¼ cup raw or dry roasted nut of choice
¼ cup reduced fat trail mix
Crunchy snacks, crackers and whole grains
3 peanut butter-filled wheat crackers with 6 ounces skim milk
1 packet plain oatmeal with 8 oz skim milk
1 ounce whole wheat or oat bran pretzels, lightly salted
1 crunchy granola bar
1 chewy trail mix bar
3 cups air-popped popcorn
1 ounce dry whole grain cereal
Fish and chicken power snacks
2 oz canned tuna or chicken on 3-6 whole grain crackers
2 oz smoked salmon with 1 Tbsp low-fat cream cheese on mini whole wheat bagel
Here are some healthy snack ideas, but you
don’t have to stop with these. By reading food labels and being creative, you can come up with your own nutritious snack ideas.
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Edge
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OUR MISSION
Dedicated to inspiring hope and improving the quality of life for heart disease patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support.
OUR MEMBERS
We’re like the very people we serve – heart patients and families – sharing our experiences as we offer hope. Healthcare professionals also join our mission by providing their expertise and support.
OUR METHOD
We partner with hospitals and rehabilitation clinics to help those affected by heart disease to have a positive patient-care experience. We provide our services through visiting programs, support group programs and educational forums.
VISITING PROGRAM
Accredited visitors, with support of hospitals and clinics, serve heart patients by listening, sharing their experiences and empathizing with their anxieties and concerns. Heart patients and families gain hope by meeting our members, who have survived heart disease and are healthy.
BECOME A MEMBER
You’ll learn more about heart disease and interact with members through local chapter programs, volunteer activities and special events.
Mended Hearts membership entitles you to:
Receive our quarterly magazine, “Heartbeat,” and this monthly newsletter.
Participate in the visiting program for heart patients and their families (chapter members only).
Access the “members only” area of our national Website.
Most importantly, help ensure that many heart disease patients and families get support and encouragement.
So please join us now. Simply fill in the membership enrollment form on page 3 of this newsletter, and mail it to the address at the bottom of the form.
GROUP PROGRAMS
After diagnosis, treatment or surgery for heart disease, patients and families have serious concerns and strong feelings – often questioning why they became ill and how to prevent future problems. Communication is key to coping. That’s why Mended Hearts of Greater Cleveland offers monthly group programs where heart patients and families can support one another.
The Mended Hearts, Inc. is a nonprofit educational, tax deductible organization, under
IRS 501(c)(3).
DATED MATERIAL
Sep / Oct 2014 Cleveland Clinic EMH Hillcrest West Medical Center Hospital Totals Internet Visits Telephone Visits
TOTAL VISITS
304 8 0
12 324
7 0
331
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