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Speaker 1: We live in a society where there is so much

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going on all at one time. How are you expected

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to keep up? Arro dot net a r oe dot

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net not one podcast. There are seventeen to choose from

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because it deals with everyday life and how we are

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moving through it. Aro dot Net. Thank you so much

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for your support. Hello Ero, Hello, and good morning doctor.

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How are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: I'm fine, how are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Very excited to share a conversation with you because heart

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disease is my family lifestyle and for you to be

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talking about it, you are one step ahead of me

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in the way of getting this word out there even further.

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And I'm just so proud of you and your entire team.

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Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much. We're happy to be here.

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Speaker 1: Well, one of the things that really caught me off

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guard is your new campaign that says, bring the screenings

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to the people. Okay, you had me at hello, what

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what are you talking about? Doctor?

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Speaker 2: Well, we know that you know, heart disease is a

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eating cause of death in this country, but there's a

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widespread gap in cardiovascular knowledge around the country. Heart disease

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affects all Americans, but the burden is not evenly shared,

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as many as twenty two million people live in caryology deserts,

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so we want to promote knowledge about cardiovascular risk and

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access to cardiovascular screenings and treatment. In our survey, we

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found that many people don't understand the basic heart health

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indicators like cholesterol types or the importance of routine screenings,

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which mean they don't get care until it's too late,

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until they've had an event already.

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Speaker 1: Yep. Yeah, I was that guy that went to the

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emergency clinic across from the mall because I thought I

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had strapped throat. No, we think, we think it's acid reflux,

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I said, put those dotty things on my chest. It

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was a heart attack. Doctor, I was having a heart attack.

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Speaker 2: My goodness, Oh, my goodness. And now aren't you one

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of those who didn't get screened? But then I had

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simple yeah, didn't seek until it was you were already

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having an event. I hope you're doing well now.

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Speaker 1: Well, thanks to my doctor Fandetti. But the thing about

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it is, though, is that doctor Fandetti was the one

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that opened my eyes to the good versus the bad cholesterol.

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He says, you're good. Cholesterol sucks, dude. We got to

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do something about that. That's why you're having problems.

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Speaker 2: Well, you you have a great position. Then because of

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a briefing's survey done by the Association of Black Cardiologists

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found that forty percent of respondents didn't know they're two

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types of cholesterol, but HDL, which is the good kind

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helps to protect and the LD of a bad kind

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that helps clog up your arteries and cause those events.

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And this gap in knowledge is even wider in underserved communities.

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Fifty four percent of Black respondents and forty nine percent

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of Hispanic respondents were totally unaware of this distinction. And

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then again in the South, forty five percent reported the

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same gap and knowledge with you know, with this higher

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risk population because Blacks have the highest age adjusted rate

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of cardiovascular related death in the country, like me, and

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in particular, experience some of the highest stroke rates compared

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to other groups, and Southern states have the highest cardiovascular

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death rates. So all of these high risk people tend

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to have a lower knowledge about the cardiovascular indicator.

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Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with doctor Andrea coming

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up next. The sign and killer. That's what it's called

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heart disease. We are back with doctor Andrea Phillips. Why

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are we suffering so much when it comes to heart

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attacks here in the South. I mean because I mean

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if you look around, sure, well, you know there's the

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barbecue and there's some bad things that we're eating, but

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we're also eating very well here in the South.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we are. We're eating too much. So

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you know, the rate of obesity and the rates of

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high blood trensure tend to. You know, I live in

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mississip I'm right here in the Stroke Bells and I've

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been doing family medicine now for over thirty years, so

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I see it all, all of our risk factors, and

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so you know, we have to work harder on those.

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But one of the areas that we haven't done our

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best work is notifying and educating people about the cholesterol.

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I think people have gotten used to the blood pressure

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and people are now with these new magic medicines, dealing

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with obesity a little bit better, dealing with diabetes better.

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But the cholesterol is another focus that we as the

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Association of Black Cardiologists, want to get out there. Know

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your numbers, know your risk, you know you know your

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blood plessure, know your levels of cholesterol, the good and

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the bad get screened, and we're also educating primary care

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providers to do more screenings. Have a conversation with your

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patients each time to make sure they understand their risk

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of cardiovascular disease, make sure they're screened annually, and refer

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to specialists when needed. But every conversation should be life changing.

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Speaker 1: Every six months, I get the blood tested and I

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get the heart looked at every six months, and the

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one of the things. And you know what, when it

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comes to every morning I get up, I check my weight,

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I look at my ankles to find out if they're bloating.

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I mean, and you've got to do it no matter

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what once you have a heart attack. I mean. And

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that's the thing about it. We should not have the

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heart attack to get the warning signs. Do it before

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it hits you.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think, wow, you should be a crusader. One

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in five respondents in our survey said they don't consult

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a heart health specially simply because they don't think they

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need to. They don't think they need to be screened.

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That's not a lack of concern, it's a lack of information.

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So that's what our campaign, Every Heart Counts ABC Cardiology

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Desert campaign is here to address. We want to educate, advocate,

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and we want to increase access. So we're doing actually communities,

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bring the screenings to those communities, those rural communities, those

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deserts that don't have screenings. And then abcardio dot Org

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is set up too, so that you can go there

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and learn more about the campaign, explore hard health resources

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for individuals, for providers, and for community leaders. I think

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you could be one of those community leaders.

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Speaker 1: You are well, well, I've lost my brother and I've

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lost my sister, both of whom totally ignored me when

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I warned them. And and and so that's why I'm

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on your team, doctor, because they ignored me. Oh and

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so and.

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Speaker 2: Now I wow.

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Speaker 1: But so I'm pro all about you. And You've got

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to come back to this show many times in the future.

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This cannot be something that we do in November only.

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We got to be talking about this more than what

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we're doing.

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Speaker 2: I absolutely agree. We're talking about the leading cause of death.

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We're talking about a lack of knowledge and lack of access,

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and you are evangelical in yours. I love that.

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Speaker 1: Please come back to this show anytime in the future.

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The door is always going to be open for you, doctor.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I want to remind people to

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go to abcardio dot org for more information and health resources.