Preventing Heart Attacks - What You Need to Know

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Stay informed, stay confident. Discover expert-led sessions designed to inform, support, and inspire. Our education series helps patients and families make confident, informed decisions about their health—because understanding is the first step toward healing.

Cardiac surgeon Dr. Jennifer Perri will address the group on warning signs of heart disease and the steps to take to prevent a heart attack. 80% of heart attacks are preventable. The saying knowledge is power applies in this situation. Regarding treatment when surgery is indicated, Dr. Perri will advise on how to make an educated choice when stents or heart surgery is recommended. This is an invaluable opportunity to hear from a heart surgeon first-hand before an adverse medical event happens. Dr. Perri is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia P&S Medical School.