Some heart notes on World Heart Day by Dr Alaedin Eltom

Khaleej Times

He is American Board Certified Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai Silicon Oasis

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00:00 Thank you doctor for such a wonderful session today.

00:03 It was insightful.

00:05 So we just want you to introduce yourself to our viewers right now and talk about what

00:10 we did in a like in five easy steps if you can just talk about the event and how Khalich

00:16 Times and Faghi University Hospital came together for this special initiative on a hot day.

00:21 Well good morning and thank you for being here today.

00:24 I do want to thank Khalich Times for supporting us in raising awareness on a very special

00:30 day on World Heart Day about the importance of knowing your heart about screening for

00:36 cardiovascular disease in order to promote general health and promote longevity and promote

00:43 a drop in our cardiovascular problems.

00:46 Now today we had a very beautiful session with our entire cardiovascular team.

00:54 We met some of our patients.

00:57 We answered multiple questions about how to screen for cardiovascular disease and how

01:03 to treat cardiovascular problems and how to promote general health, which I think was

01:10 very useful to many of the audiences.

01:13 We did answer multiple questions and I think we gave a lot of people a sense of direction

01:20 as to where to start in order to take care of themselves.

01:24 And I think it all starts with healthy living and it all starts with screening, knowing

01:30 your numbers, knowing your cholesterol, knowing your sugars, eating well, exercising and in

01:37 order to lower your chance of running into problems in the near future or in the distant

01:43 future.

01:44 Right.

01:45 Dr. you mentioned about exercising.

01:47 So there is a question, when do we know that when we should stop exercising, that it's

01:52 not very good for our heart or body.

01:55 Is there a tip where we can just talk on that?

01:58 So there's no strict cutoff as to when to stop.

02:04 Lots of people ask where should I get my heart rate?

02:09 Is their heart rate too slow?

02:10 Is their heart rate too fast?

02:12 So what I'm going to tell you is this.

02:13 I mean, the older you get, the lower your maximum heart rate is.

02:18 So to know your maximum heart rate, your maximum heart rate is 220 minus your age.

02:23 So in order for you to exercise and the exercise to be good enough, you have to reach at least

02:30 70% of your max.

02:31 So if I'm 42, if I want to exercise to be good enough, I want to get my heart rate up

02:39 to 130 and keep it over 130 for half an hour, four or five times a week.

02:45 If I'm able to do that, the American College of Cardiology defines me as cardiovascularly

02:49 fit.

02:50 So I'm not saying go from nothing to 30 minutes, four or five times a week.

02:55 It's a slow process.

02:57 You start slow, you start once or twice a week and slowly challenge yourself and push

03:02 it up to achieve your target.

03:05 And people who are not fit, they tend to have a higher resting heart rate.

03:09 And the more you exercise, the better your fitness gets, the slower your resting heart

03:14 rate is.

03:15 So there's no cutoff to the maximum heart rate, but the minimum is 70% of your maximum

03:23 and it doesn't have to be 90%.

03:24 As long as you're over 70 for half an hour, that's a good workout.

03:30 Okay.

03:31 My second question to you is when a person is getting a stroke, heart stroke, how do

03:35 you, I mean, what's the first thing that person should do?

03:38 So step number one is to go to the hospital immediately.

03:41 So the most common symptoms or signs of a stroke is a slurred speech, double vision,

03:49 blurry vision, weakness to the arms or legs.

03:54 And if any of these symptoms happen, or even numbness to the face or asymmetry to the face,

04:00 if any of these things happen, time is essential.

04:05 It's the essence.

04:06 You have to go to the emergency room immediately to diagnose the problem.

04:11 Because if you do diagnose it early, you get treated early, which lowers the chance of

04:16 long-term disabilities.

04:19 So emergency room is the immediate.

04:22 And a tip to love your heart.

04:25 I mean a simple thing, how you should love your heart.

04:27 Right, how you should love your heart is take care of it.

04:30 Take care of it.

04:31 How?

04:32 Is make better decisions.

04:34 At this point, there's lots of data, tons and tons of data, that tell us that nothing

04:41 really affects every single organ in your body other than smoking.

04:45 Step number one, you want to take care of your heart, you can't be smoking.

04:49 And if you are smoking, wean it off and get rid of it completely.

04:54 One of the useful ways my patients, some of my patients got rid of smoking, is by actually

05:00 starting exercise.

05:01 Because if you start exercise, you will notice that your physical fitness is improving, and

05:07 if you bring smoking back, you will notice a dip in your ability to exercise.

05:13 So you can use that as something to encourage you to refrain from smoking.

05:19 So get rid of smoking.

05:21 Exercise.

05:22 Screening is very important, picking up a problem before it becomes a problem.

05:27 Like screening for cholesterol, screening for diabetes, for high blood pressure, screening

05:32 for coronary artery disease or plaque in the arteries of the heart, things like a calcium

05:38 score.

05:39 So really knowing your numbers, living well, eating well, being active, get rid of unhealthy

05:47 habits and following your numbers and address them as needed.

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