What women should know about their leading killer
Millions of women around the country live with cardiovascular disease, and many don’t know it. The consequences of being uninformed can be fatal. Heart disease is the leading cause of…
Calcium test reveals heart disease
Joe McDermott, 69, had been active his entire life until a calcium-scoring test revealed that he had severe heart disease. McDermott might not have undergone the test if not for…
Low Cost Life Saving Heart Tests
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA Although she had abso- lutely no symptoms of heart disease, Sue Gifford of Rogers decided to have a minimally invasive cardiac calcium scoring test…
Defying the Odds
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA When Sherri and Dan Austin welcomed their baby girl Callie into the world the night of March 16 of 1993, they were told they…
Dr. Thomas M. Reinsvold is an advocate of any movement for heart health
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA Although he usually sees patients whose hearts have already reached a critical stage, Dr. Thomas M. Reinsvold’s primary goal is to edu- cate people…
Former Pro Football Player Teaches Others About Fitness and Health
With a degree in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas and a 5- year career as a professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts, Steven Conley has…
Congestive heart failure can be as deadly as a heart attack
BY AHMAD ELESBER, M.D. | GENERAL & INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country – and for many heart patients who come to the…
Spreading the Word
BY OLIVIA SELLERS | NWA MEDIA One evening in 2000, then 49-year-old Jim Teeselink felt his heart rate el-evate and said he “didn’t feel well and his body felt funny.”…
Even Active and Healthy are Afflicted
BY KATY HENRIKSEN | CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the late winter of 2008 Gary Gatton was an ac- tive and healthy 45-year-old when he collapsed just after completing the Pump and…
Dr. David Churchill, Cardiologist
Dr. David Churchill is an interventional cardiologist specializing in routine and complex artery angioplasty at Washington Regional’s Walker Heart Institute Cardiovascular Clinic. He performs coronary atherec- tomy, or debulking procedures, as…
