NWR radiologist Richard Hallett, M.D. will be appearing on “Heart Health” discussing CT Heart Scans at Riverview Hospital. He will be focusing on:

• What is a CT Heart Scan, everyone seems to be offering them 
• Who should have a CT heart scan 
• How often should you have a CT heart scan 
• Why does a radiologist look at the heart scan 
• Why have a CT heart scan at Riverview (128 slice CT, most advanced) 

You can view this segment on:
WHMB Channel 40: Noblesville, Indiana:

• April 12, 2011: 10:30 pm
• April 14, 2011: 11 am
• April 16, 2011 – 10 am

WHME Channel 46: South Bend, Indiana:

• April 13, 2011 – 3:30 pm
• April 15, 2011 – 10 pm

Heart Facts from the American Heart Association:

• Heart Disease is the number one cause of death in women over 20, killing about one woman every minute
• An estimated 82 million American adults have one or more types of cardiovascular disease, That’s one in three people.
• On average 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, that is an average of one death every 39 seconds.
• More women die of heart disease than the next four causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer.