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Take Maimonides’ “HeartSmart” Quiz & Learn To Help Your Heart How Heart Smart are YOU? Do You Eat a Heart Smart diet? Do you exercise your heart? These are just a few of the questions in the Heart Smart Quiz offered by the Cardiac Institute at Maimonides Medical Center in their FREE brochure: “Heart Smart – Using Your Head to Help Your Heart.” To obtain a copy of the brochure call the Cardiac Institute’s toll-free number, 800-682-5558 or visit their web site at www.maimonidesmed.org. Prepared by the Nursing Team of The Cardiac Institute especially for American Heart Month, this educational brochure presents timely information on how to avoid heart disease and keep your heart healthy. The Heart Smart Quiz zeroes in on the most important aspects of a heart-healthy lifestyle: diet, exercise, blood pressure, and limiting the use of smoking and alcohol. The brochure also includes risk factors and warning signs for a heart attack as well as tips on preventing heart problems. In addition, the brochure features a timeline of Cardiac Institute Historic Moments, chronicling important “firsts” of Maimonides, from the first commercial pacemaker developed at Maimonides in 1961 to Maimonides being named on of the nation’s Top 100 Heart Hospitals by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2002. Maimonides Nursing Team encourages everyone to take advantage of this brochure, which emphasizes the best tools available to each person: prevention in the forms of awareness, education, early screening, healthy diet and exercise. Maimonides Medical Center, www.maimonidesmed.org , a 705-bed facility serving the Greater New York metropolitan area, is the third largest independent teaching hospital in the United States. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Heart Hospitals in the nation, it offers sophisticated medical and surgical care provided by world-renowned physicians, skilled nurses and dedicated support staff. Known nationally for its technological achievements, Maimonides is the only hospital in New York City to receive both the American Hospital Association’s prestigious “Most Wired” and “Most Wireless” awards.
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