Lunch N Learn Medical Series #3: Heart Failure: What You Need To Know August 26, 2009

Guest Speaker: Allan Anderson, MD - Cardiology Scott & White
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Q: What is heart failure?
A: Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart's muscle becomes weakened after it is injured from something like a heart attack or high blood pressure and gradually loses its ability to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. Many people don't even know they have it because its symptoms are often mistaken for signs of getting older. Heart failure does not develop overnight - it's a progressive disease that starts slowly and gets worse over time. www.hfsa.org
Dr. Allan Anderson is a native of Austin, Texas. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Following internal medicine residency training at Baylor Affiliated Hospitals in Houston and fellowship training in Cardiovascular Disease at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Dr. Anderson practiced cardiology in Dallas for over 25 years. He joined the Cardiology Division at Scott and White in January, 2009. Dr. Anderson's special expertise is in echocardiography and advanced heart failure management. He is married and has two grown children and a one year old grandson

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