HEART TO HEART Newsletter of the Cape Cod– Hyannis Chapter #315 – Mended Hearts, Inc.

“Sometimes you just need a shoulder to lean on. Mended Hearts is ready whenever you are.”

Chapter Received Five Year Certificate of Appreciation – 8/2008

Cape Cod Hospital Tops in Heart Attack Care By CYNTHIA McCORMICK—Cape Cod Times

The Mended Hearts , Inc

Heart attack patients who had ar-tery-clearing procedures such as an-gioplasty at Cape Cod Hospital in fiscal 2007 were more likely to survive than patients at any other hospital in Mas-sachusetts, according to a state re-port. Cape Cod Hospital was the only one of 22 hospitals studied that had a lower-than-expected death rate for patients who arrived at the hospital with major heart attack symptoms and underwent one of the procedures. "It's actually a big achievement," said Dr. Richard Zelman, Director of Interventional Cardiology at Cape Cod Hospital. "We proved we are really the best hospital to come to in the entire state if you have a heart attack or cardio-genic shock and expect to survive." Cardiogenic shock is the effect of in-sufficient circulation resulting from failed heart function. Two hospitals, Massachusetts Gen-eral Hospital in Boston and St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, had higher-than-expected death rates. The state Department of Public Health has re-quested that those two hospitals un-dergo an intensive review by the American Medical Foundation. The mortality statistics in the re-port released yesterday by the de-partment were based on cases occur-ring during fiscal 2007. The report looked at mortality rates for patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery as well as artery-clearing procedures, known as percuta-neous coronary interventions, or PCIs. Those include angioplasty, during which a catheter is inserted into a coronary

Newsletter Mission: To offer current ideas, suggestions, observations, and information on heart disease and to inform

members of Chapter #315’s activities.

ATTENTION

Results of the National MHI

Election PRESIDENT

Raul Fernandes

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gus Littlefield

VICE PRESIDENT

Sue Borum

TREASURER Donnette Smith

NORTHEAST REG. DIR.

Priscilla Soucy CONGRATULATIONS TO

ALL!

Officers & Meeting Schedules

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President’s Message 3

Volunteer Visiting Information

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Secretary’s Report (March 19, 2009) Secretary’s Report (April 16, 2009)

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Heart Smart Recipe Miscellaneous

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Continuations Internet Bulletin

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Membership Application

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Inside this issue:

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artery and a tiny balloon is inflated to remove blockages that stop blood flow to the heart. In some cases a tiny platform or stent is installed to keep the artery clear. "The numbers suggest Cape Cod is doing a very good job," said Paul Dreyer, the department's director of health care safety and quality. Mortality rates at Mass General and St. Vincent hospitals for PCI procedures have returned to ex-pected levels since 2007, and a sub-sequent review has not found major quality problems, Dreyer said. He said the higher-than-expected num-ber of deaths at those hospitals might be associated with performing catheterization procedures on pa-tients too sick to benefit. The state has commissioned the annual reports by the Harvard Medi-cal School's Department of Health Care Policy data-gathering agency, Mass-DAC, for five years. Overall, heart patients in Massachu-setts can expect a very good level of care, Dreyer said. Since 2003, the statewide mortality rate for criti-cally ill patients who have had angio-plasty or other procedures has de-clined by 20 percent, while open heart surgery death rates have de-clined by 33 percent since 2002. Where Cape Cod Hospital stands out from the rest of the state is the lower-than-expected death rates related to angioplasty and stenting procedures. The Hyannis Hospital performed 681 balloon angioplasties or stent installations on patients between Oc-tober 1, 2006 and September 30, 2007, including 104 so-called

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THE MENDED HEARTS, INC. Cape Cod – Hyannis Chapter #315

199 Ridgewood Drive Brewster, MA 02631

(508)896-5941 Email: patboris@aol.com CHAPTER OFFICERS

President: Patricia Boris (508) 896-5941

VP Joanne Wiseman (508) 428-2860

Secretary: Phyllis Kazin (413) 279-1166

Treasurer: Katherine Beach (508) 896-9436

Past President Bart Kazin (2002-2008) (413) 279-1166

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

Visiting Coordinator Tim Crane (508) 896-2560 Program Chair: Pat Boris (508) 896-5941 Membership Chair: Katherine Beach (508) 896-9436 Publicity Chair: Pat Boris (508) 896-5941 Publicity-TV, Radio: Bob Silverberg (508) 778-4578 Sunshine Chair: Dot Fleischer (508) 385-5749 Special Events, Chairs: Marion Cooke (508)398-5660 Louise VanDell (508) 362-8882 Telephone: Marilyn Branzetti (508) 432-0105 Hospitality CoChairs: Beverly Moberg (508) 888-1117 Marylee Pelosky (508) 385-2546 Ed. Newsletter: Bart Kazin (413)279-1166 Newsletter Medical Advisor

Lawrence McAuliffe, M.D.

“Whale oil was used in automobile transmission fluids as late as 1973”

OBJECTIVES OF MENDED HEARTS

The Purpose of this organization is to offer help,

support, and encouragement to heart disease patients and their families and to achieve this objective in the following manner: to visit with physician approval.

To distribute information of specific educational value to members of the mended Hearts and to heart disease

patients and their families.

To establish and maintain a program of assistance to physicians, nurses, medical professionals, and health care organizations in their work with heart disease pa-tients and their families.

To cooperate with other organizations in education and research activities to heart disease.

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MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2009 All meetings will be the third Thursday of each month.

No meetings: January, July, and August. Meetings will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the Martins’

Conference Room-2nd. Floor of the Cape Cod Hospital unless otherwise notified. The December holiday luncheon

will be held at a fine Cape Cod Restaurant. At each meeting there is also the opportunity to interact

with other heart patients with similar conditions. Individuals with any type of heart condition, their fami-lies, caregivers, or anyone else interested in helping car-diac patients are welcome to attend one of our meetings

and find out more about Mended Hearts. FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Pauline Philie Director of Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes-CCH

“Aiming to be the Best We Can Be” MARCH 19, 2009

Sarah Montgomery, ACNP Nurse Practitioner-The Cardiovascular Specialists “Know your EF – An Important Measure of Your

Cardiac Health” APRIL 16, 2009

Richard Zelman, MD, F.A.C.C. Director of Interventional Cardiology, CCHC

“Interventional Cardiology on Cape Cod: The Evolution of a Center of Excellence”

MAY 21, 2009 Robert Scarpato, MD, F.A.C.S.

Vascular Surgeon – The Cardiovascular Specialists joined by his daughter Kristen Scarpato, MD

“Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke” JUNE 18, 2009

C.Michael Wright, MD, F.A.C.C. Cardiologist – The Cardiovascular Specialists

“Heart Drugs for Dummies” - an easy to understand Explanation of Heart Medications and their benefits

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 Nicolas S. Matas, MD, F.A.C.C.

Cardiologist – The cardiovascular Specialists “The Importance of Diet and Exercise for Heart

Healthy Living” OCTOBER 15, 2009

Stuart W. Ruch, MD, PhD Cardiologist, The Cardiovascular Specialists

Discussion of Blood Pressure and Heart Disease NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Lawrence McAuliffe, MD, F.A.C.C. Chief of Cardiovascular Services, CCH Yearly Address to Mended Hearts

Cardiac Patients” DECEMBER 5, 2009

Holiday Luncheon – Restaurant TBA

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“When a cat died in ancient Egypt, its owners shaved off its eyebrows”

Heartfelt Greetings to All!

I hope you are all enjoying the pleasant weather and all the renewed hope that springtime brings with it. To our “snowbird” members who are returning from a winter in warmer climates, welcome home!

Our Cape Cod chapter kicked off 2009 in grand style with great speakers at our meetings, participation in the AHA’s “Go Red” luncheon, and a 30-minute radio broadcast about our organization. And, that is only the beginning of great speakers and great events to come! This month’s meeting is scheduled for May 21st at the usual time and place (4 to 6pm, Martins Conf. Rm, CCH). We will be privileged to have two “MD’s” share their expertise with us as our guest lecturers. Dr. Robert Scarpato, vascular surgeon, will be re-turning this year, joined by his daughter, Dr. Kristen Scarpato, a recent Tufts University School of Medi-cine graduate who spent last winter as a practicing neurosurgeon in Ethiopia. Together, they will help us understand carotid artery disease and its rele-vancy to stroke. I hope you will mark your calendar and plan to join us for another excellent presentation I also want to remind our accredited Mended Hearts volunteer visitors that on May 21st Tim Crane will be conducting a required re-certification training course beginning sharply at 3:15pm in the Martins Conf. Rm, just prior to the start of our regular meet-ing. I extend a special request to ALL our certified visitors to please try to attend this very important training session.

And while you have your calendar out… please note that our June meeting will occur on June 18th. Car-diologist Dr. C. Michael Wright has agreed to be our guest speaker. The title of Dr. Wright’s presentation

is, “Heart Drugs for Dummies – A Easy-to-Understand Explanation of Heart Medications and Their Benefits”. Dr. Wright will explain how various medications for the heart work and what their bene-fits are. Surely this in a meeting that you won’t want to miss!

There will be no monthly meetings scheduled for July or August so our members can enjoy time with family and other summertime visitors. However, we are discussing the idea of getting together socially for a group luncheon or dinner. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know. In the meantime, stay tuned as plans are finalized.

Lastly, I would like to ask all of you to please con-sider helping – if you can – in one or more of the fol-lowing ways: offer to drive a member who needs a ride to a meeting; invite a cardiac patient, their care-giver, or anyone else you know who is interested in helping cardiac patients to a meeting; share a news-letter or post a meeting notice; or help with a chapter task or activity based upon your personal preference as to what you would like to do, how you would like to help.

Remember… Our chapter’s greatness is based on the knowledge and life experiences that each member brings. Please consider sharing that knowledge and experience to help our chapter grow. Your ideas and suggestions are always most welcome. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your continued interest in Mended Hearts.

Stay well. Hope to see you on May 21st and June 18th. Warmest Regards, PAT

MAY Pat Boris Tim Crane

Anne Eckland Stephen Edwards Eleanor Fewkes Ernest Ketchum

Bill Lipsky

MAY CON’T Don Moberg

Bob Riedl Nate Weeks

JUNE Florence Fosgate Dan Fitzgerald

President’s Message - by Pat Boris

When the birthday months come around, our chapter

#315 delights in honoring each recipient with a great big

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

May / June Birthdays – 2009

The Mended Hearts

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Cape Cod Hospital.....18

Cath. Lab. (care-givers) ..5

Telephone....................2

Home.............................0

email..............................0

Cardiac Rehab............8

Other..........

Men.Hrts. Affairs.....0

Total visits................33

ACCREDITED VOLUNTEER VISITORS

VISITOR’S REPORT – MAR. / APR. 2009

Maryse Ethier Hyannis (508) 775-8675 Charlie Fosgate Pocasset (508) 563-6334 Betsy Gerhardt W. Yarmouth (508)790-8758 John Gibson Orleans (508) 240-2101 Phyllis Kazin (Email) (413) 279-1166 Ray Levesque Dennis (508) 385-6922 Bill Lipsky Yarmouthport (508) 362-8171 Don Moberg E. Sandwich (508) 888-1117 Bob Silverberg Centerville (508) 778-4578 Phyllis Wolitzer Brewster (508) 896-2878

Katherine Beach Brewster (508) 896-9436 Pat Boris Brewster (508) 896-5941 Ellie Brennan E. Dennis (508) 385-7472 Mike Brennan E. Dennis (508) 385-7472 Bobby Brown W. Yarmouth (508) 775-2638 Don Chenard Yarmouthport 774-994-1624 Marion Cooke Dennisport (508) 398-5660 Bob Davis E. Falmouth (508) 457-4506 Ken Ethier Hyannis (508) 775-8675

Our thanks as always to our visitors for all they do. The year got off to a good start and then quieted down in March as our “patients visited” numbers fell off. As we heard from our speaker at the March meeting, this to reflect what was going on at the hospital in general. Just this last week activity picked up substantially. We encourage our members to find out if being a visitor is something they would like to do. The time involved to qualify, train and do visiting is moderate and, as our visitors will attest, very rewarding. Please contact me any time for more information.—TIM CRANE— VISITING COORDINATOR.

A reminder to our visitors: Mended Hearts requires that we perform “re-certification” for our visitors each year. We will do this just before our next regular meeting, Thursday May 21. We’ll start at 3:15 PM in the front half of Martins’ Confer-ence room on the 2nd floor of the hospital, and will be done by the regular meeting time. We look forward to seeing all our visitors and sharing ideas, news and experiences with you. - TIM

Cape Cod Hospital Facsimile

MONTHLY VISITORS:

Katherine Beach, Pat Boris, Bobby Brown, Tim Crane, Ken Ethier, John Gibson, Betsy Gerhardt, Don Mo-berg, & Bob Silverberg

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“Female canaries cannot sing”

Secretary’s Report March 19,2009 Meeting By Phyllis Kazin

The meeting was called to order at 4:05 pm by President, Pat Boris who then introduced new members and guests (9) and gave them a short synopsis about who the Mended Hearts are, what we do, and how we do it. Each of these survivors then gave a short description of their heart problems. The raffle drawing—a $20.00 gift card to Stop and Shop, was won by member, Ruth Albert. Treasurer, Katherine Beach reported our expenses and balances and stated the chapter bought forever stamps for the savings. Joanne Wiseman, AHA liaison and a board member of the AHA Directors reported nothing new this month. Ken Traugot, former V.P., is working with the AHA to get Amalia Barreta ( BostonTV reporter) for next years Go Red for Women cam- paign. Tim Crane, chair- man of the volun-

teer visitors, ex-plained to the guests what the visitors do and wanted to make sure the visi-tors were pre-pared to at-tend the up-date-training program prior to the May meet-

ing. President Boris next ex-

plained how she plans to publicize the Chapter. She will use the various villages’ newspapers; take advantage of the

Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospital’s newsletters; and by sending no-tices to the various cardiologists. Several daily newspaper have al-ready given Mended Hearts coverage. Pat continued by asking the members how we can help make the chapter grow. Some suggestions were: inviting patients we have visited in the hospital to a meeting, sharing newsletters, and asking for helpers at a meeting function. Special events discussion followed. A boat cruise and lunch aboard the Lobster Tail boat was enthusiastically received by the members. Also discussed was giving an appreciation gift to aPrintery for all that they have done for us in printing our newsletter. President Boris continued requested people volunteer to pick up members who cannot drive and bring them to the meetings. The National Convention this year, the 57th convention, will be held in Orlando, Fl on June 6-10th at the Double Tree Hotel at Uni-versal Studios. Any member can attend. Our speaker Sarah Montgomery, NP, ACNP for Cardiovascular Specialists’ topic was “Know your EF (ejection fraction)– An Important Measure of Cardiac Health”

EF is the percentage of blood that is pumped out of the heart dur-ing each beat. It’s also a measurement used by doctors to see how well the heart is functioning. A low EF is not always associated with symptoms. An echocardiogram is one of the most commonly used tests to measure the EF number. A low EF number ( 35% and below) in a heart patient means a higher risk for sudden cardiac arrest—SCA. It is fatal if not treated with defibrillation within minutes. SCA kills more than 325,00 people in this country every year. Conditions associated with low EF are: heart failure, heart attack, heart valve problems, and long-term uncontrolled blood pressure. Treatments for EF are: • Self care: low salt, low fat diet, lose weight, restrict alcohol, stop

smoking, and increase physical activity. • Medications: Many kinds that can reduce risk or prevent wors-

ening. • Surgical and non Surgical: Angioplasty, stents, coronary by-

pass surgery, valve repairs and heart replacements. • Implantable heart devices: Defibrillators, Pacemakers, and

Combinations of the two. Facts about EF: 95% of SCA are fatal without an Implantable Heart Device. Risk of SCA increases over time for patients with prior heart attack. Patients who qualify for an Implantable device live longer than with medication alone. What can you do? Know your EF number and ask your Doctor if it should be repeated. Sarah stated there are several resources for more information. Some web sites are: www.hearthelp.com, www.efnumber.com, www.hrsonline.org Also 1-800-930-9374. An exceptional Q.& A. period followed...the sign of a delightful pro- gram.

Tim Crane delivering his presentation

Sarah Montgomery delivering her presentation

“At birth a Panda is smaller than a mouse”

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Secretary’s Report April 16,2009 Meeting By Phyllis Kazin

Meeting Minutes – 4-16-09 (Katherine Beach & Pat Boris filling in for

Phyllis Kazin) Pat opened the meeting at 4:00 pm and welcomed all those in attendance and introduced new, 1st time visi-tors and each explained their heart condition. Most of the new attendees were recent patients of Dr. Zelman with various numbers of stents.

Louise Crane graciously offered to help out by selling raffle tickets for Ken Traugot who couldn’t make the meeting. The chapter collected $47 and the winner of a $20 gift card to Trader Joe’s was Barbara Shippee. Katherine Beach provided a treasurer’s report. A few dollars came in from National for membership renewals and there were no chapter expenses for the past month which leaves us “in good shape” as Katherine stated with a treasury balance of $2,005.00. It was also mentioned that starting this month, Katherine will assume mem-bership responsibilities for the chapter replacing Phyllis Kazin. THANK YOU to Phyllis for all she has done in assisting the chapter with membership.

Joanne Wiseman, our MH board member on the Cape & Islands AHA Board of Directors reported on the most recent AHA board meeting. Joanne had a copy of the handouts from the AHA meeting and circulated them for all who were interested.

Tim Crane provided a visiting report. He mentioned that we now have just about 20 members who are trained, certified visitors. Tim will be going to Fal-mouth Hospital to talk to the cardiac rehab group there about Mended Hearts. Tim also reminded all current visitors about the re-certification training that he will be conducting on 5/21, 3:15 to 4pm, Martins’ Confer-ence Room, just prior to our regular meeting.

At this point in the program Pat asked all our MH Visi-tors in the room to please stand. The following week, April 19-25 was National Volunteer Week. Pat asked all the members in attendance to give our visitors a round of applause to express our appreciation for their volun-teer efforts.

Dan Fitzgerald also spoke to the group about the fact that April is National Donor Month and reminded eve-ryone of the importance of signing the organ donor op-tion on their driver’s license. Dan also mentioned to us that besides ‘young’ organs, muscles, tissue, and bones are always needed from donors of any age.

A summer event was discussed. Louise VanDell had col-lected information about the Lobster Roll Cruise out of Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis including pricing. Dis-cussed was the drawback of being very weather de-pendent if the group decided to do something like that. Mentioned was the possibility of finding out about going back to Ardeo’s at King’s Way for another delicious buf-fet. Louise will investigate further.

Pat updated the members on the results of the National Election and she had a Congratulations card for Raul Fernandes, our next national president, and passed it around for all to sign.

A Thank You card was also passed around for all to sign for Kathy St. George from APrintery. Katherine Beach took the signed card and will enclose it in the gift bas-ket that she and Barbara Shippee are going to put to-gether and deliver to APrintery as a token of our appre-ciation for their very generous donation of printing our newsletter six times a year and never charging us for this invaluable service.

At 5pm, Dr. Richard Zelman, Director of Interventional Cardiology for CCHC, presented to the group “Cape Cod Hospital and the Road to Excellence” – the history and evolution of how Cape Cod Hospital went from a place to stabilize cardiac patients for transport to a medical center to, as of now, the top-rated place in the entire state of MA to survive a heart attack.

Dr. Zelman outlined the history of stents telling us the 1st coronary stent was introduced in the US in 1994 while the introduction of drug coated stents occurred in 2003/2004.

Doctor, then went on to explain, that before

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HEART SMART RECIPE CORNER (from the American Heart Assn.) Category: Entrees

Peppery Beef with Blue Cheese Sauce Serves 4

12 ounces flank steak, all visible fat removed 2 teaspoons coarsely cracked pepper Vegetable oil spray SAUCE 1 teaspoon light margarine 1 clove, garlic, minced, or 1/2 teaspoon bottled minced garlic 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2/3 cup fat-free milk 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese (about 1/2 oz) 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onion (1-2) 1 tablespoon dry white wine or non-alcoholic white wine (optional) Make 6 shallow crisscross slashes on the meat (3 in each direction). Rub meat with about half the pepper. Make 6 slashes on other side of meat. Rub with re-maining pepper. Lightly spray the unheated rack of a broiler pan with vegetable oil spray. Broil meat 3—5 inches from the heat for 3 to 5 minutes, or until desired done-ness. Meanwhile, for the sauce, melt margarine in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add Garlic; cook for 1 minute. Stir in flour, then stir in milk all at once (a whisk works well). Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, about 5 minutes; cook and stir one minute more. Re-move from heat. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients. To serve, thinly sliced meat diagonally across the grain. Serve with sauce.

Nutrients per serving: Calories: 177 Total fat: 8 gram (s)

Saturated fat: 3 gm (s)

Monounsaturated fat: 3 grams

Polyunsaturated fat: 0 gm(s)

Carbohydrates: 5 grams

Protein: 21 grams

Cholesterol: 52 mg.

Fiber : 0 gram (s)

Sodium: 136 mg (s)

MASSACHUSETTS

TRIVIA QUIZ Subject: Arts & Literature

(Answers on page 9)

1. What college was the first university in America? 2. What Boston born author is regarded by some as the father of the short story, and the horror story? 3. On April 3, 1776, what did George Wash-ington receive from Harvard? 4. Who created a Boston palace (now a mu-seum on the Fenway? 5. What was the name of Herman Melville‘s home near Pittsfield? 6. What 3 major downtown theaters are famous for pre-Broadway premieres? 7. What profession in Amherst employs the most people? 8. Who wrote “Ballad of a Strange Thing“? 9. Of what Irish city was Gilbert Stuart fond? 10. Who was the 1st Harvard professor of modern languages?

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“ Good reason for ear plugs: the average newborn cries 113 minutes a day“

The woman with the brown coat: “The answer to number 8 is Mae West.”

VOLUMN 7 ISSUE 3 PAGE 1

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“ It‘s against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris”

CONSIDER A CONTRIBUTION TO CAPE COD-HYANNIS

CHAPTER #315

What better way to honor the mem-ory of a loved one or pay respects for an anniversary or special event, or

support Mended Hearts?

Acknowledgement will be made in the newsletter.

The donation is tax deductible

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PCI interventions on very sick pa-tients. Statistically of those patients — who were either in shock or undergoing heart attacks — 4.16 percent would have been expected to die but only 2.8 percent did. Zelman attributed the hospi-tal's success rate to its "great team approach." Cape Cod Hospital became the first non-academic hospital in the state to offer angioplasty in 1997, and it has built a system that works from the ground up, from emergency rescue personnel trained to recognize signs of heart attack to dedicated cardiac cathe-terization lab employees, Zelman said. (next column Please ->)

You can submit “a letter or email to the edi-tor” and have your words read by not only the members of our chapter but across the North-east, the rest of the country, and the world!

HEART TO HEART this sent to newsletter editors of the various Northeast chapters as well as across the country and around the world via our website:

www.capecodmendedhearts.com

Send letters to 62 High Pine Cir. Wilbraham, MA 01095, or to email address:

(continued from previous column) And because almost 25 percent of Barnstable County's population is over 65, there is a high de-mand for services, said Dr. Alanna Coolong, who started working in the catheterization lab in the summer of 2007. "A lot of thought and care is given to these complex patients," she said. Coolong also said the hospital's success "is a combina-tion of doing a high volume of cases in conjunction with out-standing clinical judgment on the part of Dr. Richard Zelman." The state originally commis-sioned the Mass-DAC report in conjunction with legislation that allowed three community hospi-tals, including Cape Cod Hospital, to start performing open heart surgery.

LETTERS OR EMAILS TO THE EDITOR

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Bill Atcheson June Atcheson Allen Drucker Warren Silver

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A MENDED HEARTS VISITING

VOLUNTEER? Would you like to share your ex-periences and be an encouragement to other heart patients and their families? We would like to have you join us in such an endeavor.

What is required: 1. That you and/or your spouse has

had a diagnosis of heart disease and/or a heart procedure, e.g. angio-

plasty, stent, valve repair, by-pass surgery, etc.

2. A Mended Hearts Membership. 3. Attendance at a Mended Hearts

training session. Mended Hearts, Inc. has provided our chapter with an ,

step-by-step training program.easy-to-follow

New volunteers start out with experienced volunteers to gain fa-miliarity with procedures and to build self-confidence. For further infor-mation or to answer your questions, please contact: Tim Crane Tcrane7632@comcast.net

508.896-2560

DRIVERS ARE NEEDED

to bring fellow members to chapter meetings. Whenever you’re planning to attend a meeting would you please be so kind as to extend a ride to a fellow member

Members Willing to Drive

Ken Traugot Barnstable 362-6618 Katherine Beach Brewster 896-9436

Bill Lipsky (away Nov.-Apr.) Yarmouthport 362-8171

Marilyn Branzetti Harwich 432-0105 John Gibson Orleans 240-2101

If you are willing to drive a member to and from a meeting, please notify Heart to Heart and you’re name will appear in this column.

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“How old is beer? By 3,000 B.C. there were at least 6 types of beer in Egypt”

The members of our chapter are un-aware of any illnesses or hospitaliza-tions if you don’t tell the

SUNSHINE CHAIR DOT FLEISCHER

Her phone number is 508-385-5749

MASSACHUSETTS TRIVIA QUIZ

ANSWERS...from Page 7 1. Harvard 2. Edgar Allen Poe 3. An honorary degree 4. Isabella Stewart Gardner 5. Arrowhead 6. Wilbur, Shubert, & Colonial 7. Education 8. H. Phelps Putnum 9. Dublin 10. George Ticknor

(continued from page 6—) Secretary’s Rpt.)

interventional cardiology (and stenting) was available at CCH, the only treat-ment was drugs as an intervention to treat a heart attack. The ‘red letter day’ for the introduction of stenting at CCH was 7/23/97. This was the 1st time stenting was offered as an alternative to medical drug intervention of an MI. In or-der to accomplish this at CCH, the hospital needed to participate in the research of the use of stents. The research was called the Atlantic C-Port Trial. This was neces-sary to get approval and licensing from the state to do stenting.

Today, with the coordination, training, and communication that occurs between EMT’s responding to rescue calls and the Inter-ventional Lab at CCH, the time it takes to get from home’s door to angioplasty and stent insertion, in most cases, is only a few minutes. In 2008, there were approxi-mately 800 patients who received PCI (stents) at CCH. The post PCI patient mor-tality rate for 2008 was 0% - You can’t get any better than that!

Dr. Zelman contributed the following rea-sons why outcomes were so good: (1) Luck; (2) Staff; (3) High volumes performed by Interventionalists; and (4) Dedication to teaching/learning/research.

Dr. Zelman then took questions from the audience. He ended his presentation with something he always says he does whenever he speakers to a group – a discussion of the symptoms of a heart attack. This was ex-tremely informative and he stressed the importance of being aware of these symp-toms and getting IMMEDIATE help as it truly can save a life.

Before leaving the meeting, Dr. Zelman gra-ciously posed with eight of the attendees in the room who are all healthy and active to-day because of Dr. Zelman’s handiwork and that of all the other members of his inter-ventional cardiology team at the CCH.

These 8 cardiac patients attending the 4/16/09 meeting are all feeling great

and doing well as a result of Dr. Zelman and one or more stents.

From left to right: Shirley Phares,Bob Silverberg, Charlie Jurkiewicz, Marilyn Clouter, Bill Atcheson, Allen Drucker, Tim Crane, Dr. ZELMAN, Albert Hebert

DO YOU EVER WORRY ABOUT THE NATIONIAL HEART

SERVICE? YOU SHOULD… These are sentences actually typed by medical secretaries in NHS Greater Glasgow… 1. The patient has no previous his-

tory of suicides. 2. Patient left her white blood

cells at another hospital. 3. Patient’s medical history has

been remarkably insignificant with only 40 pound weight gain in the past 3 days.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the 2nd day the knew was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared.

PLEASE CONSIDER aPrintery

For your printing and copying needs.

Kathy St. George very

graciously donates printing Heart to Heart.

Without this help we would be un-

able to print the newsletter. aPrintery is located at 657 Route 28 West

Yarmouth, MA diagonally across from Cap-

tains Parker’s restaurant.

National Convention To Highlight ‘Future, Foundation’ in Sunny Orlando (Internet Bulletin Features)

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“The most popular Campbell’s soup in Hong Kong is watercress and duck gizzard”

NATIONALLY, MENDED HEARTS IS WITHIN REACH IN THE HOSPITAL

Mended Hearts accredited volunteers visit with patients and caregivers in more than 400 hospitals. Ask your doctor or nurse about the local chapter visiting program here on Cape Cod.

NOTICE

The trivia lines at the bottom of

each page are from: Uncle John’s Ultimate

Bathroom Reader

This infusion of dollars for sci-entific discoveries is designed to help find cures for disease, which should also have an im-pact on the economy longer term. Other provisions include those that will promote health information technology, in-creased funding for comparative effectiveness research, and sup-port for state-based prevention programs, among others.

Each year, the NHLBI hosts a meeting of Public Interest Or-ganizations – those organiza tions that manage some aspect of disease control related to heart, blood or lung disorders, and this has included Mended Hearts in the past. This year, for the first time, Mended Hearts has been invited to serve on the planning of the annual meeting, rather than just to be repre-sented as an attendee as in the past. MHI Executive Director Tim Elsner will be meeting with NHLBI in early March.

With the theme of “Building Our Future on a Strong Foundation”, MHI members will gather June 6-10 in Florida for what prom-ises to be a terrific annual convention – looking to the future after an election of new officers -- while valuing the past that got us to where we are today. A mailer was sent last week to chapters that in-cluded information on place-ment of ads in the program book (April 23rd deadline to Mike Weber at mikejwe-ber@worldnet.att.net or to the physical address in the mailer); information on reserv-ing chapter exhibit space by contacting Exhibit Chairman Frank Cecco at fjc1204@aol.com; donating items for an onsite convention raffle; and finally a chance to buy tickets for a drawing to win a trip to Orlando -- $10 each or three for $25. For ad-ditional tickets, contact Marti Samples at marti.samples @heart.org or at 1-888-432-7899.

MHI members no doubt took note that the economic recovery bill includes a number of provisions that will have impact on the manage-ment of heart disease, including a funding increase of $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health, of which the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is one key component.

Stimulus Package Re-Energizes Fight Against

Heart Disease

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Invites Mended Hearts to Serve on National Planning Committee

Like the Internet Bulletin? Want to See Past Issues? Have We Got a Deal For YOU!

We’re pleased to report that the Internet Bulletin is now available via the “Members Only” section of the MHI Web site as a member service. If you’re a member, simple click on the “Members Login” but-ton from the home page and enter the user name and password. If you don’t remember either one, con-tact Marti Samples at marti.samples@heart.org. Once at the Members Only site, click on Internet Bulle-tin for a list of past issues

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