Heart
disease is the leading cause of death in the nation. Every year, it claims the
lives of hundreds of thousands of people. My grandmother had it—she had at
least one heart attack, a stroke, and open-heart surgery. My mother hasn’t
shown any sign of it yet, but it’s something I think about all the time. I have
a heart murmer, which thus far has been deemed to be harmless, but it’s still a
concern at the back of my mind. What if? It’s a scary thought.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. It's known as the "Silent Killer." Image: Shutterstock |
According to the press release, a focus will be placed on
preventing heart disease specifically in at-risk individuals like my mother and
me. And because the new institute has such generous seed money, its methods and
tools will be state-of-the-art and future focused.
According
to researchers, there is something called the venerable plaque, which is “the
specific coronary lesion that is responsible for a future heart attack or
sudden cardiac death.” Unfortunately, it has proven difficult to identify—which
is why the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging will focus on it. Dr.
James K. Min calls the venerable plaque the “holy grail in the diagnostic
work-up of individuals with suspected coronary artery disease.”
One of
the most upsetting facts about heart disease is that more than half the people
who die from sudden heart attacks, strokes, or cardiac death don’t even know
that they are at risk. Underlying heart conditions can often be missed and
therefore go untreated. Hopefully, this new institute be able to develop new
ways to identify these individuals and get them the treatment they need to lead
a happy, healthy life.
The New
York Presbyterian Hospital “provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and
preventative care in all areas of medicine,” and has six locations across New
York. Some of the newest members of its board of trustees are Alex Navab,
Dr. Robert J. Min, Ogden Phipps, and Lenard B. Tessler.
Weill
Cornell Medical College was founded in 1898 and has been affiliated with NYP
since 1927. It’s one of the top medical and clinical research facilities in the
nation. Its board of overseers is headed by Sanford I. Weill, Antonio M. Gotto, Robert
Appel, Jeffrey Feil, Barbara Friedman, and Arthru J. Mahon.
If you
had $20 million to donate to medical research, which cause would you donate to?
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