Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
In this podcast, Doctor Warrick Bishop interviews Tanya Hall, CEO of Hearts for Hearts, a national charity that supports, educates, and advocates for Australians living with heart disease.
They discuss the importance of advocacy for patients with heart rhythm disturbances and the need for access to therapies such as catheter ablation. Tanya shares her own story as a heart patient and how Hearts for Hearts grew organically to provide support, awareness campaigns, and advocacy for patients. They also discuss the diversity of presentation of atrial fibrillation and the importance of seeking advice from a cardiologist. Doctor Bishop highlights the risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation and the need for awareness and treatment. Tanya encourages patients to listen to their cardiologist and take recommended treatments. They both recommend reaching out to Hearts for Hearts for support and information.
- Hearts for Heart is a national charity that supports, educates, and advocates for Australians living with heart disease.
- The organization works with the federal government to ensure that patients have access to therapies.
- Hearts for Heart advocates for treatments such as catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and arrhythmias.
- The organization also advocates for remote monitoring of pacemakers and defibrillators to reduce the risk of contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hearts for Heart provides support to heart patients through phone support, peer support groups, and Zoom meetings.
- The organization also provides education materials that are written in a way that patients can easily understand.
- Hearts for Heart has prevented strokes in some patients through their advocacy efforts.
- Atrial fibrillation affects about 1% of the entire population and can lead to devastating strokes if left untreated.
- Patients with atrial fibrillation may not feel symptoms and may not be aware of the importance of treatment.
- It is important for heart patients to keep up with their cardiology appointments and seek treatment recommended by their cardiologist.
Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.
Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.
The devastating fact in all of this is…
Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.
This podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their health literacy and gain information to help them make the best decisions about their risk of heart attack, their cholesterol, blood pressure, risk of diabetes, weight loss and general health. Join me on my personal mission journey to prevent Heart Attack on a global scale. If you like this podcast, I would be honoured by a 5-star review and appreciate if you let your friends and family know about this podcast; you may even save the life of someone you love!
Are You at Risk of a Sudden Heart Attack? How Healthy is Your Heart? Really?
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.
- 94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.
- 59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.
- Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.
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