Learn the difference between your biological age and heart age
Did you know your heart’s age could differ from your biological age? Adventist Health’s Northwest Regional Heart Center has unveiled a free and confidential online tool at nwregionalheart.com to help the public learn the age of their heart.
The heart age assessment provides individuals valuable information about their heart’s age while generating data about personal risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
“As a society, we spend a great deal of time trying to achieve younger looking skin or covering the aging gray in our hair, yet few of us take time to identify ways to create a younger, healthier heart,” states Mark Hart, MD, a cardiologist at the Northwest Regional Heart Center. Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States. It is also a major cause of disability nationwide.
This tool is designed to help people thinking about preventing heart disease. The free online tool helps gets you started. The free confidential assessment only takes a few minutes and walks you through simple questions about your age, weight, exercise habits and stress levels. It also asks about your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.
Adventist Health hopes that people will use the results of the tool to identify ways to live well longer. The tool also provides a starting point for a heart healthy conversation with your physician.
About Adventist Health-Adventist Medical Center (AMC)
Adventist Medical Center (AMC), located in southeast Portland, is a nonprofit, 302-bed acute care facility, offering a full range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency services throughout the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. It is ranked in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety. It is home to the Northwest Regional Heart Center which is the only accredited heart attack receiving center in Oregon and includes a full complement of cardiac services including robotic assisted heart surgery.
Adventist Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system with nearly 21,000 employees serving communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist health values, Adventist Health provides compassionate care in 18 hospitals, more than 135 clinics (rural health and physician clinics), 14 home care agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. We invite you to visit AdventistHealth.org for more information.
