It’s heart month, so we’re going to continue talking to cardiologists at the Heart and Vascular Center in Lawton at Comanche County Memorial Hospital about different issues of the heart and how to prevent them. Cardiologist Karen Clark talked with us about atrial...
February is Heart Month, so we sat down with a cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital to see how to prevent heart problems. Coronary artery disease, also referred to as coronary heart disease, is when there’s a blockage in...
Do you know your cholesterol number? Cholesterol is something everybody needs, but like many things, if your body has too much of the bad cholesterol, it can be unhealthy. Isabelle Zlatnik, a nurse practitioner at Lawton Community Health Center, said when we have too...
The Healthy Heart Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital opened a new rehab gym inside the hospital for heart patients to safely exercise in. A person’s heart weakens after having a heart attack or an open-heart surgery, so they need to build and strengthen their...
A doctor at Comanche County Memorial Hospital recently live-streamed a life-saving procedure to medical professionals across the globe on how to safely perform it. We were also invited into the Cath lab to watch it live. Doctor Eugen Ivan, a cardiologist at CCMH,...
A local doctor says many people think of a man when they think of someone having a heart attack, but cardiovascular disease is the number one killer for both men and women. Doctor Srilatha Ayirala, a cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Center, said it’s important...
