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What Most Doctors Don’t
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• The latest advancements you
should know about heart
disease*
• Discover how to save a life –
yours, a family member’s, or a
friend’s
* Heart attack can start in the brain (Brain, 2005). Dr. Allen has
applied this research to help mend potentially life-threatening
brain-heart problems.
It is no secret that
heart attack and
stroke are the #1
killers of
Americans.
The same generally
holds true for the
rest of the world.
In fact, the American Heart
Association holds that it is just a
matter of time until everyone
develops heart disease; it is not a
matter of if, but when. No matter
your age, sex, or country of origin,
heart disease is an issue that affects
everyone.
The American College
of Cardiology predicted
that the need for
cardiologists will
increase 66% by 2030.
Everyone should
recognize the impact
of heart disease in the
next 22 years
FACTS:
• Our population is getting older
• Americans are generally sicker than ever
before
• 1.1 million Americans will experience an MI
annually*
• CAD accounts for 500,000 deaths in the US
yearly
• More than 1:4 cardiac catheterizations done
in the US have “normal coronary arteries”
• Death is the first sign of CAD in 1/3 of
patients
* 34th Bethesda Conference: Can atherosclerosis imaging techniques improve
the detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart disease. JACC 2003;
41:1855-1917
The need for
cardiac
support is out
there and
increasing
daily as our
population
ages
Screening for Heart Disease:
Which tests? When?
• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) every
2-5 years
• Echocardiograms
• Stress tests (EKG, Echo, & Thallium)
• Cardiac CT Angiography
• Coronary Catheterization *
• IV Ultrasound *
* Invasive procedures
• Coronary artery bypass (CABG)
surgery…
• Percutneous Transluminal Coronary
Angioplasty (PTCA)…
• Bare Metal Stents…
• Drug-Eluding Stents…
• Heart Transplants…
• Artificial Hearts…
• Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery
Bypass (TECAB) procedures… are not
working
• Medication is nearly as expensive as
any of these procedures
Of the top 20 most
commonly prescribed
medications of 2006,
eight (40%) of them
are for cardiac and
cardiovascular
disease
Not one of these
approaches – drugs,
bypass, angioplasty, stents,
transplants, artificial heart –
address the fundamental
causes of heart disease.
The further back in the causal chain of
events we begin treating a problem, the
more powerful can be the healing. If we
treat only the apparent problem without
treating its underlying cause one of
three things may happen:
• New problems may occur
• The old problem may recur or persist
• Treatments tend to be more difficult,
expensive, invasive, and have greater side
effects
Instead of looking to bypass
the damaged area, we need
to ask why the blockage is
there and concentrate our
efforts on finding out what
caused the diseased heart in
the first place.
Critchley et al. Brain, (2005), 128: 75-85
“Mental stress
and sudden
cardiac death:
asymmetric
midbrain
activity as a
linking
mechanism”
(Brain, 2005;
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/128/1/75?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=mental+stress&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX
=0&resourcetype=HWCIT)
The article reports
that “…cardiac
arrhythmia and
sudden cardiac
death can be
related to specific
neurological,
psychiatric, or
cardiovascular
conditions.”
“…We therefore
undertook a study
to identify the
brain
mechanisms by
which stress can
induce cardiac
arrhythmia
through efferent
autonomic drive.”
“…Across the patient
group, we observed a
robust positive
relationship between
right-lateralized
asymmetry in midbrain
activity and
proarrhythmic
abnormalities of
cardiac repolarization…
during stress.”
“…lateralization of
central autonomic drive
during stress results in
imbalanced activity in
right and left cardiac
sympathetic nerves.”
This sympathetic drive
asymmetry disrupts the
heart’s ability to
repolarize, leading to a
predisposition to
arrhythmia.
Is this you? Check the boxes that apply:
5 Do you feel good after your cardiovascular
exercise?
5 Does your heart rate jump to your target rate
quickly?
5 Do you sometimes go beyond your target rate
just to work a bit harder?
5 Does your heart rate get up to 150-160 beats
per minute, and do you keep it there for a 15-20
minutes or longer?
5 Do you huff and puff a lot?
5 Do you start sweating quickly?
5 Do you keep sweating even after your shower?
5 Does your heart rate stay up for a while?
5 Do you feel “a high” after exercising so hard?
If you answered “yes” to
any one of these
questions, you may be
setting yourself up for
heart troubles.
While aerobic exercise is
wonderful for your heart
and circulatory system,
more may not be better.
• Aerobic exercise helps use oxygen
• Movements generate signals to the
brain that keep the heart from beating
too fast.
• The brain craves these signals and
the heart loves the safeguards they
bring.
• Cardiovascular exercise may be
more important for the brain than it
is for the heart.
A healthy heart stays within strict
pulse limits.
Given average health status, the
newest heart evidence indicates
that a 44-year-old male should
keep his aerobic heart rate
between 121-131 beats per
minute. That is 30-33 beats
every 15 seconds. Sound too
slow for you?
The Maffetone Method
 Subtract your age from 180, and then uses one of
four rules to modify that number:
a. If you have or are recovering from a major illness
(heart disease, any operation, any hospital stay)
or on any regular medication, subtract 10.
b. If you have not exercised before, you have
exercised but are recovering from an injury or are
regressing in your running, or you often get colds
or flu or have allergies, subtract 5.
c. If you have been exercising for up to two years
with no real problems and have not had colds or
flu more than once or twice a year, subtract 0.
d. If you have been exercising for more than two
years without any problems, making progress in
competition without injury, add 5.
Let’s apply these numbers relative
to the Maffetone formula:
If you are 30 years old and fit into
category b: 180 - 30 = 150, and
150 - 5 = 145. This is your
maximum aerobic heart rate.
Subtract another ten beats to find
your aerobic zone: 145 - 10 = 135.
For efficient base-building, you
should train within this range during
your aerobic work out.
Revving your heart too fast
could lead to trouble, because
heart attacks appear to start
in the brain and not
necessarily in the heart.
Note: Recall seminars
where we tested heart rate
and muscles
Recent research shows
that a heart attack is
primarily an electrical
event rather than the
results of a blood clot.
When the heart beats
faster than the brain
wants to allow, that
spells trouble. Clots can
form and heart problems
are more likely.
While statistics show that men are
more prone to heart attacks than
women are, the blunt truth is
that the American Heart
Association predicts everyone
will eventually develop heart
disease and it is only a matter
of time until symptoms appear.
Heart attack and stroke are
America’s number one and three
killers, respectively.
Here is the point: An EKG checks
the heart, but it cannot check the
brain’s power to manage the heart.
Most people exercise too hard
and run the risk of becoming
another heart disease statistic.
It’s like they unknowingly unplug
their heart from their brain and
problems develop.
Unhealthy heart
habits are painless
until that one fatal
episode, and that
means trouble. That
is how heart disease
got the nickname,
“The Silent Killer”.
The stricter you
are with your
heart rate, the
harder it will be
to reach your
target range, and
the healthier
your brain
becomes.
Aerobic exercise – done properly –
quickens the right kind of nerve
signals from the muscles and joints
straight to the brain. That turns on
the systems that regulate heart
rate.
Broad-based aerobic
control is crucial for
proper heart health.
Daily moderate
exercise – within
strict heart rate limits
– not only builds
heart muscle, but it
also stimulates the
brain and manages
the heartbeat.
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