AIM To Prevent: How to Connect Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Ashish Mathur, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital: Wow, Ashish. That sounds like an extremely comprehensive approach. If there are listeners who want to get involved and potentially be a part of the AIM to Prevent program, how can they go about doing so? _____ Ashish Mathur Doing so is very simple. AIM To
The Lifestyle Change: MEDS Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Ashish Mathur, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital: With LPA, is the test for that a blood test as well? Is it a specialized blood test? _____ Ashish Mathur The Lifestyle Change: LPA Blood Test Yes. It’s a blood test. It’s not a swab or a genetic DNA test. It’s just a blood test. You can’t really
Heart Attack Prevention Tips Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Ashish Mathur, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital: Given these sobering statistics, I would love it if you would share what the AIM to Prevent program is about. Tell us more about that. It sounds very heartening, so tell us a little bit more about that. _____ Ashish Mathur Heart Attack Prevention: Lifestyle Change I’ll start by
Indians at High Risk for Heart Attack Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Ashish Mathur, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital: That is so inspirational. Those numbers you gave out are astounding, when you say the one in five. From what you’re saying, I understand that heart attack and diabetes tend to be widespread among Indians. You had mentioned stress and genetics. What are the reasons for this
South Asian Heart Center: The Need Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Ashish Mathur, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital: It’s exciting to have you on. What really led you to co-found the South Asian Heart Center? _____ Ashish Mathur South Asian Heart Center: The Heart Attack It was just a series of coincidences, really. It started when I had my heart attack at the age of
