{"id":52808,"date":"2017-11-16T11:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=52808"},"modified":"2017-11-16T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:44:04","slug":"president-american-heart-association-recovering-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/president-american-heart-association-recovering-heart-attack.html","title":{"rendered":"President of American Heart Association recovering after heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President of American Heart Association recovering after heart attack<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President of American Heart Association recovering after heart attack:- The 52-year-old president of the American Heart Association was recovering this week after suffering what was described as a &#8220;minor&#8221; heart attack during a health conference in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">John Warner, a cardiologist who is also vice president and chief executive of UT Southwestern University Hospitals in Dallas, was in stable condition after doctors inserted a stent to open an artery, the association told the Washington Post in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The heart attack occurred Monday, one day after Warner delivered a speech about his family\u2019s longstanding battle with heart disease, at the organization\u2019s annual five-day Scientific Sessions conference in Anaheim, Calif., the Dallas Morning News reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">As a cardiologist, Warner routinely performs the same procedure that he underwent himself as a patient following his heart attack, the organization said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">After his heart attack, Warner said he wanted to reiterate the message he delivered in his speech &#8212; about the ongoing fight for cardiovascular health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;After my son was born and we were introducing him to his extended family, I realized something very disturbing: There were no old men on either side of my family. 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All the branches of our family tree cut short by cardiovascular disease,&#8221; Warner said in his speech, the Dallas Morning News reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cJohn wanted to reinforce that this incident underscores the important message that he left us with in his presidential address yesterday \u2013 that much progress has been made, but much remains to be done,\u201d Nancy Brown, the heart association\u2019s CEO, said in a statement, the Washington Post reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Warner is serving a voluntary one-year term as the organization\u2019s president since accepting the position in July, the Post reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2017\/11\/16\/president-american-heart-association-recovering-after-heart-attack.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/president-american-heart-association-recovering-heart-attack.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of American Heart Association recovering after heart attack President of American Heart Association recovering after heart attack:- The 52-year-old president of the American Heart Association was recovering this week after suffering what was described as a &#8220;minor&#8221; heart attack during a health conference in California. 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