Health: African-Americans Have Same Risk As Pack-a-Day Smokers for Developing Peripheral Arterial Disease - a Marker for Heart Attack and Stroke
Posted on: Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 18:00 CDT
NEW YORK, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- SUGGESTED ANCHOR LEAD: DURING VASCULAR DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, ONE GROUP IS ENCOURAGING AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO LEARN THEIR ABI NUMBER - TO SAVE THEIR LEGS AND LIVES. LARRY CARDARELLI HAS MORE ON THE SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL LEGS FOR LIFE(R) SCREENING PROGRAM.
STORY INFORMATION: THIS IS A MULTIVU REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP CLOGGED LEG ARTERIES, KNOWN AS PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE, OR P.A.D.-MAKING THEM AS VULNERABLE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SMOKED A PACK OF CIGARETTES A DAY FOR 20 YEARS. P.A.D. IS A RED FLAG FOR SEVERAL LIFE-THREATENING VASCULAR DISEASES SUCH AS HEART ATTACK AND STROKE.
ACCORDING TO INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST DR. KEITH STERLING, EARLY DETECTION IS ESSENTIAL.
"Early detection and management of peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D., can prevent the progression of the disease which can often lead to painful walking, gangrene, amputation, heart attack or stroke."
IN SEPTEMBER, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS ARE OFFERING FREE DIAGNOSTIC ABI TESTS NATIONWIDE THROUGH THEIR LEGS FOR LIFE PROGRAM. DURING AN A.B.I. TEST, THE BLOOD PRESSURE IN YOUR ARM IS COMPARED TO THE PRESSURE IN YOUR LEG TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE P.A.D. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT LEGSFORLIFE.ORG.
THIS IS LARRY CARDARELLI.
SUGGESTED ANCHOR TAG: LEGS FOR LIFE IS COLLABORATING WITH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S NEW PAD CAMPAIGN, "STAY IN CIRCULATION," TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE WITH AFFECTS 10 MILLION AMERICANS.
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SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; WWW.SIRWEB.ORG
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Source: PRNewswire
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