Take Steps To Protect Your Heart Health During Heart Month

Over the last 11 months, the nation’s healthcare focus has been on protection from the Corona virus and COVID-19.

“And rightly so,” says Dr. Arif Ahmad, a cardiologist at Monroe Clinic. “In addition to staying vigilant in all ways of protecting ourselves from COVID-19, I would like to use the occasion of Heart Month to remind everyone how critical heart health is, especially during a pandemic.”

Dr. Ahmad says patients with already-existing risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, face greater risks if they contract the Corona virus or COVID-19.

“These patients may be reluct...