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Cardiologist will present a talk on the advances in treating heart failure.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
MIDDLETOWN — The most important information distributed at this golf outing won't be yardage to carry a fairway bunker, wind direction or slopes of the greens.
Golf is a game. This is about life and death.
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Two hours before the 14th annual Atrium Medical Center/American Heart Golf Classic tees off Monday, June 9, at Brown's Run Country Club in Madison Twp., a nationally known cardiologist will present "Newer and Future Therapies for Heart Failure."
Dr. William T. Abraham, professor of Internal Medicine and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Ohio State University, will give his presentation at 11 a.m.
The presentation and the lunch that follows are free.
Dr. Walter Roehll, a Middletown cardiologist, said the medical profession has made "tremendous strides" in detecting and correcting heart disease during the last 30 years.
During the 1970s, Roehll said there was "no knowledge" available about heart failure. With a 100 percent mortality rate, it was a death sentence.
Abraham will give updates on heart transplants; left ventricle assist, a mechanical heart that keeps a person alive until a possible replacement can be located; pacemakers and medical advancements.
Because people with cardiac ailments are living longer, heart failure has become the fastest growing disease in the world, Roehll said.
Now that Atrium Medical Center is open — along with its heart center — Roehll said those with heart disease can receive quality care without leaving the city.
"It's my dream to do this," Roehll said about offering complete cardiovascular care. "People now don't have to go anywhere."
How to go
What: 14th annual Atrium Medical Center/American Heart Golf Classic, presented by AK Steel Corp.
When: Presentation: 11 a.m. Monday, June 9; Lunch: Noon; Shotgun start: 1 p.m.
Where: Brown's Run Country Club, Madison Twp.
Cost: Presentation and lunch are free; golf is $175 per person
Benefits: In the first 13 years, the golf tournament has raised more than $250,000 for the American Heart Association
Honoree: Dr. William Abraham
Remembrances: Joan Davies, Lars Larson and C. William Verity
