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Eliz Greene is a heart attack survivor, author and nationally known speaker on a mission to encourage women to recognize heart disease as their most serious health threat and provide down-to-earth strategies for active and healthy lives.  Learn more about at EmpowHer.com

Do women need to worry about heart disease?

Yes. One in three American women dies of heart disease. In 2003, almost twice as many women died of cardiovascular disease (both heart disease and stroke) than from all cancers combined. The older a woman gets, the more likely she is to get heart disease. But women of all ages should be concerned about heart disease. All women should take steps to prevent heart disease.

Both men and women have heart attacks, but more women who have heart attacks die from them. Treatments can limit heart damage but they must be given as soon as possible after a heart attack starts. Ideally, treatment should start within one hour of the first symptoms.

If you think you’re having a heart attack, call 911 right away. Tell the operator your symptoms and that you think you’re having a heart attack.

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Listen to Michaela Gagne the fear of living with heart disease.

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What is heart disease?

Heart disease is a number of abnormal conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. Types of heart disease include:

• Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type and is the leading cause of heart attacks. When you have CAD, your arteries become hard and narrow. Blood has a hard time getting to the heart, so the heart does not get all the blood it needs. CAD can lead to:
  • Angina. Angina is chest pain or discomfort that happens when the heart does not get enough blood. It may feel like a pressing or squeezing pain, often in the chest, but sometimes the pain is in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It can also feel like indigestion (upset stomach). Angina is not a heart attack, but having angina means you are more likely to have a heart attack.
  • Heart attack. A heart attack occurs when an artery is severely or completely blocked, and the heart does not get the blood it needs for more than 20 minutes.
• Heart failure occurs when the heart is not able to pump blood through the body as well as it should. This means that other organs, which normally get blood from the heart, do not get enough blood. It does NOT mean that the heart stops. Signs of heart failure include:
  • Shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air)
  • Swelling in feet, ankles, and legs
  • Extreme tiredness
• Heart arrhythmias are changes in the beat of the heart. Most people have felt dizzy, faint, out of breath or had chest pains at one time. These changes in heartbeat are, for most people, harmless. As you get older, you are more likely to have arrhythmias. Don’t panic if you have a few flutters or if your heart races once in a while. If you have flutters AND other symptoms such as dizziness or shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air), call 911 right away.

Michaela Gagne

*Twenty three year old Michaela J. Gagne was named Miss Massachusetts 2006 this past June at the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant. She received more than $9,000 in scholarships and will compete in September at the Preliminary Competition of the Miss America Pageant in Los Angeles and in January of 2007 at the Finals at a location TBA.

Michaela Gagne is a graduate of Lesley University in Cambridge with Master of Arts Degree in Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. She graduated with a 3.9 cumulative G.P.A. She did her undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received her B.F.A. in Fine Arts. While at UMASS, Michaela was on the Dean’s List, was a member of the Commonwealth Honors College, and was a UMASS Community Scholar. She completed a Summer Art Program in France and has had her artwork featured in many art gallery exhibitions, including a personal thesis show. After graduation, Michaela traveled to Africa to set up and assist at a medical clinic for villages in the Bukoba region of Tanzania, as well as creating a photo and video documentary.

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Listen to Michaela Gagne as she shares with you her heart disease story.

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What is heart disease?

Heart disease is a number of abnormal conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. Types of heart disease include:

• Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type and is the leading cause of heart attacks. When you have CAD, your arteries become hard and narrow. Blood has a hard time getting to the heart, so the heart does not get all the blood it needs. CAD can lead to:
  • Angina. Angina is chest pain or discomfort that happens when the heart does not get enough blood. It may feel like a pressing or squeezing pain, often in the chest, but sometimes the pain is in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It can also feel like indigestion (upset stomach). Angina is not a heart attack, but having angina means you are more likely to have a heart attack.
  • Heart attack. A heart attack occurs when an artery is severely or completely blocked, and the heart does not get the blood it needs for more than 20 minutes.
• Heart failure occurs when the heart is not able to pump blood through the body as well as it should. This means that other organs, which normally get blood from the heart, do not get enough blood. It does NOT mean that the heart stops. Signs of heart failure include:
  • Shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air)
  • Swelling in feet, ankles, and legs
  • Extreme tiredness
• Heart arrhythmias are changes in the beat of the heart. Most people have felt dizzy, faint, out of breath or had chest pains at one time. These changes in heartbeat are, for most people, harmless. As you get older, you are more likely to have arrhythmias. Don’t panic if you have a few flutters or if your heart races once in a while. If you have flutters AND other symptoms such as dizziness or shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air), call 911 right away.

Michaela Gagne

*Twenty three year old Michaela J. Gagne was named Miss Massachusetts 2006 this past June at the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant. She received more than $9,000 in scholarships and will compete in September at the Preliminary Competition of the Miss America Pageant in Los Angeles and in January of 2007 at the Finals at a location TBA.

Michaela Gagne is a graduate of Lesley University in Cambridge with Master of Arts Degree in Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. She graduated with a 3.9 cumulative G.P.A. She did her undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received her B.F.A. in Fine Arts. While at UMASS, Michaela was on the Dean’s List, was a member of the Commonwealth Honors College, and was a UMASS Community Scholar. She completed a Summer Art Program in France and has had her artwork featured in many art gallery exhibitions, including a personal thesis show. After graduation, Michaela traveled to Africa to set up and assist at a medical clinic for villages in the Bukoba region of Tanzania, as well as creating a photo and video documentary.

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What is heart disease?

Heart disease is a number of abnormal conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. Types of heart disease include:

• Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type and is the leading cause of heart attacks. When you have CAD, your arteries become hard and narrow. Blood has a hard time getting to the heart, so the heart does not get all the blood it needs. CAD can lead to:
  • Angina. Angina is chest pain or discomfort that happens when the heart does not get enough blood. It may feel like a pressing or squeezing pain, often in the chest, but sometimes the pain is in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It can also feel like indigestion (upset stomach). Angina is not a heart attack, but having angina means you are more likely to have a heart attack.
  • Heart attack. A heart attack occurs when an artery is severely or completely blocked, and the heart does not get the blood it needs for more than 20 minutes.
• Heart failure occurs when the heart is not able to pump blood through the body as well as it should. This means that other organs, which normally get blood from the heart, do not get enough blood. It does NOT mean that the heart stops. Signs of heart failure include:
  • Shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air)
  • Swelling in feet, ankles, and legs
  • Extreme tiredness
• Heart arrhythmias are changes in the beat of the heart. Most people have felt dizzy, faint, out of breath or had chest pains at one time. These changes in heartbeat are, for most people, harmless. As you get older, you are more likely to have arrhythmias. Don’t panic if you have a few flutters or if your heart races once in a while. If you have flutters AND other symptoms such as dizziness or shortness of breath (feeling like you can’t get enough air), call 911 right away.

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The Emmy-winning actress was taping a television comedy show when she literally dropped dead from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Twenty minutes later, paramedics shocked her heart into beating again. Overcoming 20-to-1 odds, she survived and turned her miraculous recovery into poignant yet laugh-out-loud presentations that have wowed everyone from maximum-security inmates to Oprah Winfrey.

Tracey’s inspiring, informative talks “Drop Dead Gorgeous!” and “Dead: Been There, Done That!” are rousing anthems that motivate women (and men) to get passionate about their health and life priorities. Grab-your-tissues sniffles alternate with rousing belly laughs in presentations that have entertained and engaged audiences from Boise to Budapest.

A classically trained actress with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Drama from the University of Southern California, Tracey moved to Seattle to pursue a stage career.

When the local TV comedy show “Almost Live!” needed an unknown face to give an “eyewitness” account of the supposed toppling of the Space Needle for a live April Fool’s Day sketch, Tracey’s performance was so realistic the station was flooded with calls about the “disaster,” and the city’s 911 callboard was temporarily disabled. Her destiny was apparent, and Tracey joined the cast full time in 1990.

Aside from being an internationally acclaimed speaker, Tracey is an accomplished writer. She most recently contributed the lead story in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Healthy Living: HEART DISEASE and received two Emmy nominations for her writing on “Almost Live!” Sought for her effervescent-yet-educated presence, she served as a panelist on Second Opinion, the PBS series that showed—in a way never seen before—how doctors navigate their way through tough medical decisions.

Tracey regularly keynotes Go Red For Women! events for American Heart Association chapters across the country, and she is also involved with several national organizations promoting the use of AEDS (automated external defibrillators) and the therapy of ICDs (internal cardiac devices) for heart arrhythmia disorders. She serves on the board of Seattle’s Hope Heart Institute and is a professional member of the National Speakers Association. Most importantly, she is “mom” to the most beautiful dog in the world, her four-year-old Siberian Husky, Lulu.

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Paul L. Underwood Jr., M.D., is an interventional cardiologist in Phoenix, was the 10th president of the Atlanta-based Association of Black Cardiologists 2004-2006 (ABC), Inc.

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