An Open Letter to Dr. John Warner, President of the American Heart Association, on surviving a heart attack

Headlines today announce that the new President of the American Heart Association (AHA), cardiologist Dr. John Warner, has suffered a heart attack, aborted by an emergency stent placement. Typical of the ridiculous attitudes that prevail at the industry-friendly AHA, they Tweeted: “Sending all our love and support to @American_Heart president Dr. Warner as he recovers from a mild heart attack. Heart disease can strike anyone, at any time. That’s why we keep fighting.” If you ignore the nonsense that AHA policy dictates, you can absolutely gain control over cardiovascular risk. But you will NOT find the answers in any AHA policy. I learned these lessons practicing as an interventional cardiologist, then abandoning this ridiculous way of managing coronary disease to devote my efforts to early detection and prevention. So I thought I would articulate some of these thoughts in an open letter to Dr. Warner as he recovers from his procedure. Dr. Warner– Imagine you read these headlines: “Campaign in Afghanistan a success: 10,000 Americans dead.” You would be confused, perhaps outraged. How can the death of American soldiers be regarded as success when it is clearly an outright failure? Well, for the same reasons, why do our colleagues, hospital executives, and people in Big Pharma and the medical device industry make claims such as “We’ve had a banner year, our most successful year ever: 800 coronary bypasses and 18,000 heart catheteriza...
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