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The Saint Joseph heart team is committed to the early detection and prevention of heart disease and offers a number of screenings and classes to help adults who want to avoid heart disease learn their risk factors and reduce or eliminate as many risk factors as possible through positive lifestyle changes. Special screenings and heart risk modification programs include:
- Heart Aware
This free, seven minute cardiac risk assessment could save your life. Take this test now.
- Blood Pressure Checks
provided by a registered nurse twice each month at no charge. For dates, call Provena Health Connection at 815-725-9438. Also visit our free blood pressure machine in Louis Joliet Westfield Mall near Carsons.
- The Heart Test
a comprehensive and affordable screening program that determines a person's risk for heart disease. The test includes a 12-lead EKG, total cholesterol blood test (HDL, LDL and triglycerides), glucose for diabetes, C-reactive protein (CRP), blood pressure and pulse, body composition, peripheral arterial disease screening, and a personalized risk assessment. The cost is $40. For an appointment, call Provena Health Connection at 815-725-9438.
- The Heart Scan Plus
The most advanced screening exam available for the detection of heart disease, this test utilizes CT scan technology to measure calcifications in the coronary arteries an indicator for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Our comprehensive evaluation also includes a glucose test for diabetes, total cholesterol screening, blood pressure and pulse. The cost is $249. For an appointment, call Provena Health Connection at 815-725-9438.
- Healthy Hikers
A mall walker's program that provides daily opportunities to walk a specified path in the safe, climate-controlled Westfield Louis Joliet Mall. For more information, call 815-725-7133, ext. 3147, or stop by the Westfield Mall office.
- Health and Wellness Programs
Throughout the year the medical center offers a variety of educational classes and exercise classes that are geared toward living a healthy lifestyle and the control of heart disease risk factors. Call Health Connections at 815-725-9438 for a schedule of classes.
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