February is Heart Month
February is American Heart Month. Each year, WakeMed Heart & Vascular takes the opportunity to share how important it is to take care of your heart.
Whether it's undergoing a procedure, learning about risk factors for heart disease, considering healthier eating options or putting your best foot forward on the treadmill, your health is close to our hearts.
Celebrate with us!
- February 2 is Go Red for Women and National Wear Red Day. Wear red to spotlight that heart disease is the number one killer of adults in the U.S., affecting both men and women. — heart disease.
- February 11 -17 is Heart Failure Awareness Week.
- February 11 - 17 is Cardiovascular Professionals Week.
- Tune in to Mix 101.5, 99.9 The Fan, Foxy 107.1, WPTF News Talk, 96.1 BBB and 94.7 WQDR in February as we share heart healthy tips.
- Check out WakeMed Voices for blogs on heart healthy topics.
- Get the latest information on WakeMed Heart Center news by subscribing to Heart to Heart Magazine.
29-Days and 29 Ways to Live Life Young at Heart
FEBRUARY 1 - 29
Since February is Heart Month, we invite you to embrace each and every day by focusing on simple heart healthy things you can do to improve your heart health.
Our Heart & Vascular Experts are all heart!
Meet them on their specialties pages below:
- Cardiologists
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Electrophysiology & Complex Arrhythmia
- Structural Heart
- Vascular & Peripheral Vascular
Enjoy Valentine messages from our hearts to yours.
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Learn from our physicians in our Fast 5s.
Hypertension with Aidevo Igbide, MD
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery with Dr. Robert Ferguson
What is Heart Failure? with Dr. Stuart Russell
Valve Disease with Dr. Bryon Boulton
Atrial Fibrillation with Ashish Patel
We are dedicated and committed to you.
- Atrial Fibrillation Center
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Awards
- Cardiac Rehab / Safeway to Fitness at Healthworks
- Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
- ERAS
- General Cardiology
- Heart Center Inn
- IHIT
- Medical Weight Loss
- Mended Hearts
- Quit With WakeMed
- Sleep Medicine Center
- Structural Heart
- TeleHeart Care
- Vascular Services
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