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SHAPE Golf FORE Heart 2011 Raises $32,000 for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

SHAPE, The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication today announced the Golf FORE Heart 2011 Guy P. Fernandez Memorial Golf Tournament raised a total of $32,000. A total of 136 golfers participated in the charity golf tournament started by Baltimore resident, JoAnne Zawitoski, in memory of her late husband, Guy Fernandez. The event took place on June 15 at the Mountain Branch Golf Club, in Joppa Maryland.

(PRWeb July 13, 2011)

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American Heart Month Stories Leave SHAPE Task Force Both Encouraged and Concerned

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:00:00 GMT

SHAPE today urged journalists working on American Heart Month stories to update their advice for how apparently healthy individuals can discover hidden heart attack risk. SHAPE encourages physicians to implement screening for subclinical (asymptomatic) atherosclerosis (cholesterol plaque build-up) in men age 45 and older, and women age 55 and older who are at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. SHAPE recommends two scientifically proven non-invasive atherosclerosis tests: coronary artery calcification scoring (CACS) by a computed tomography (CT) scan and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) scanning by ultrasound. These tests have improved our ability to assess near-term heart attack risk in otherwise seemingly healthy individuals so that timely preventive strategies can be implemented.

(PRWeb February 08, 2011)

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SHAPE Awards SHAPE Provider Certification to 34 Medical Providers

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Certification Program Promotes Early Detection and Treatment of Heart Attack Risk in Apparently Healthy People

(PRWeb September 09, 2010)

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SHAPE Task Force II Convenes to Review and Update SHAPE Guideline for Heart Attack Prevention

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of apparently healthy American men and women lack potentially life-saving treatment because of hidden risk. The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) today announced the formation of SHAPE Task Force II to refine and update the First SHAPE Guideline. SHAPE Task Force II is an international group of leading cardiologists and cardiovascular researchers who share the belief that healthcare providers can do more, using non-invasive imaging tests, to assess and reduce an asymptomatic individual’s heart attack risk. SHAPE Task Force II will consider what has been learned through research and medical practice during the past four years since the publication of the First SHAPE Guideline and is expected to integrate these advances into an updated Second SHAPE Guideline.

(PRWeb August 09, 2010)

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SHAPE: "Give a Heart Attack Prevention Test for Father's Day"

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:01:00 GMT

The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) is urging American families to use Father's Day as an opportunity to help their Dad avoid a heart attack. SHAPE suggests giving a heart scan or a scan of the carotid artery as a gift. The organization also is calling on hospitals, clinics and physicians to offer Father's Day specials with discounted rates.

(PRWeb June 14, 2010)

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SHAPE and J&J Medical Collaborates to Launch "SHAPE Centers of Excellence"

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

SHAPE has launched a nationwide collaborative project with J & J Medical, a medical education company, to establish the new SHAPE-Certified Clinics and SHAPE Centers of Excellence as part of the "SHAPE Heart Attack Eradication Campaign".

(PRWeb October 25, 2009)

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Panasonic Sponsors SHAPE Symposium on Cardiovascular Imaging of Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis - Coronary Calcium and Carotid IMT

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

The SHAPE Prevention Summit 2009 Focuses on Screening of the Asymptomatic Population: From Guidelines to Legislation to Practice

(PRWeb October 18, 2009)

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Preventive Cardiology Experts: Governor Perry Can Save Thousands of Lives, Reduce Healthcare Costs

Thu, 28 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT

The State of Texas is the first in the United States to mandate healthcare providers to reimburse certain heart attack and stroke preventive screening tests for early detection of hidden heart disease through a healthcare bill. The bill, which passed out of the Texas Legislature with 26 to 5 votes, is on its way to the Office of Texas Governor Rick Perry.

(PRWeb May 28, 2009)

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New Evidence Supporting the SHAPE Screening and Polypill Awareness Campaigns (ACC 2009 Highlights)

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT

New Evidence Supporting the SHAPE Screening and Polypill Awareness Campaigns from the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology

(PRWeb April 07, 2009)

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SHAPE Raises Heart Attack Awareness on CBS Channel 11

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Great Day Houston with Debra Duncan featured former Olympic skating champion, Peggy Fleming, for KanekaQH's "Heart 365" campaign and Dr. Morteza Naghavi of SHAPE as they advocate for heart health awareness and heart attack prevention.

(PRWeb March 29, 2009)

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Texas Legislature to Hear Heart Attack Preventive Screening Bill on March 10, 2009

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:01:00 GMT

The first legislative effort to combat the number one killer could prevent 4,300 sudden cardiac deaths and save $1.6 billion per year in Texas.

(PRWeb March 09, 2009)

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Heart Attack Is Not an Earthquake! It Can Be Predicted, therefore Prevented

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Representatives of the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication join with millions across the USA who are mourning the untimely death of NBC News' Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, from a sudden heart attack last Friday. SHAPE agrees that Mr. Russert's death shows heart attacks are not easy to predict by the old fashioned and still prevailing approach that relies on the poor predictive power of risk factors and stress testing. They strongly believe that more accurate risk assessment using novel technologies followed by aggressive preemptive treatments of the right people and proper monitoring can result in a timely prevention and ultimately eradication of heart attacks. This goal is achievable in our lifetime and the SHAPE representatives urged national cardiovascular healthcare and research policy makers to commit necessary funding to accomplish this mission.

(PRWeb June 19, 2008)

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Last Minute Gift Idea for Dad: In Memory of NBC's Tim Russert, SHAPE Encourages Families to Give Dads a Heart Attack Prevention Test for Father's Day

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:49:45 GMT

Leading cardiologists from SHAPE (Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication) once again called upon the nation to not trust treadmill stress tests and traditional risk assessment.

(PRWeb June 15, 2008)

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Guy Fernandez Memorial Golf Tournament in Baltimore, June 25

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Golf Fore Heart 2008, the charity golf tournament started last year by Baltimore resident, JoAnne Zawitoski, in memory of her late husband, Guy Fernandez, will again take place on 25 June at the Mountain Branch Golf Club, Joppa Maryland. Golf Fore Heart raises money for the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication or SHAPE. The event is being Co-Chaired by Mark Montgomery of Ports America Baltimore, Inc.

(PRWeb June 15, 2008)

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SHAPE Applauds Dallas Heart Study Researchers for Independent Confirmation that Screening According to SHAPE Guidelines Detects High Risk Patients Missed by Existing Practices

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Heart attacks and strokes account for more death and disability than all cancers combined. While multiple screening tests are approved for early detection of subclinical cancers, no tests are officially approved for detection of subclinical atherosclerosis, which underlies both heart attack and stroke. This void leaves many individuals - even those with severe atherosclerosis -unaware of their risk because they have no symptoms. In this context, leading cardiologists from the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication applaud the efforts of Dallas Heart Study researchers who discovered existing national heart attack prevention guidelines missed 27% of patients with plaque buildups in their heart providing important evidence that inexpensive imaging tests can identify patients at risk and lead to strategies that will prevent heart attacks. Independent of SHAPE, researchers with the Dallas Heart Study have confirmed that the most effective way to identify at-risk individuals is not to measure risk factors but to detect the underlying disease itself, atherosclerosis, as suggested by the SHAPE Guidelines.

(PRWeb June 08, 2008)

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SHAPE Honors Director of the Framingham Heart Study and University of Virginia Professor for Achievements in Heart Attack Prevention

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:36:53 GMT

Dr. Valentin Fuster, presents Dr. Daniel Levy of Framingham Heart Study and Dr. Kamwe Akosah of University of Virginia the SHAPE Lifetime Achievement Award during the event; "Approaches to SHAPE the future of Primary Prevention: The New Framingham Risk Score and Beyond," held on March 29, 2008 at the Westin Hotel on Michigan Ave. in Chicago. The program will cover the evolution of Framingham Risk Scoring and proposed multimodality approaches for cardiovascular risk assessment, it will be moderated by Drs. Roger Blumenthal, Morteza Naghavi and P.K. Shah.

(PRWeb March 27, 2008)

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Don't Let Your Loved one Have A Broken Heart; Nonprofit Organization Calls For Heart Attack Prevention Testing For Valentine's Day

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:48:29 GMT

The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) a nonprofit organization is calling on couples to show their affection by giving the gift of a preventive heart attack test to their valentines. This release provides background information on the recommended noninvasive tests that can be used to enhance the accuracy of the common risk factor screening protocols in use today.

(PRWeb February 13, 2008)

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Controversy over CVD Screening Debated in Op-Ed, Blog and Symposia Heart Attack Eradication Advocates Challenge Critics in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:01:00 GMT

The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) announced several public education efforts to further the cause of preventive heart attack screening. The efforts include a new blog and a symposia on the groundbreaking SHAPE Guideline. The blog is intended to allow cardiovascular specialist to dialogue with each other on atherosclerotic plaque, vulnerable patients and the fight against heart attack. The first symposia will be held in Orlando, Florida as a satellite event to the American Heart Association's convention and is titled, Coronary Heart Disease Risk Stratification: Dealing with the Vulnerable Patient. The announcements coincide with an op-ed published in the esteemed Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine entitled: Vulnerable patients are between a 'ROC and a hard place': Yes, it's time to screen for coronary artery disease.

(PRWeb October 02, 2007)

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Golf Charity Features Heart Attack Screening and Honors Victims: Event Designed to Support Public Awareness, Features Onsite Risk Assessment and Discounted Heart Scans

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:44:57 GMT

The wife of a deceased heart attack victim and a heart attack survivor organize a golf charity to honor the victims of unpredicted heart attack and raise public awareness. The event features onsite risk assessment and the organizers arranged discounted heart scans to support preventive solutions to the epidemic of heart attack.

(PRWeb June 25, 2007)

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