Patient Education
Heart Disease Awareness Month
02.23.2023 – Heart Disease Awareness Month
Dr. Robert Salazar is Speaker at an event for the National Black Nurse Practitioner Association. This event is for Heart Disease Awareness Month where Dr. Salazar will discuss ways to help impact and bring awareness to our communities. Click on the link above to see the event.
Heart Attack Symptoms
02.06.2023 – Houston Chronicle
Dr. Marloe Prince and Dr. Robert Salazar are featured in Houston Chronicle: Kingwood Resident Saves Grandfather Twice in One Month by Performing CPR. After the grandson performed CPR, the grandfather was rushed to the hospital where Dr. Prince and Dr. Salazar placed an Impella RP Flex Smart Assist Device to help the damaged right side of his heart. This device was the first time to be placed in Texas and the second time in the world. We are so proud to have Dr. Prince and Dr. Salazar on the TCA team. Click on the link above to see the article.
Heart Attack Symptoms
CBS’s Health Now presents for National Wear Red Day to help raise awareness for cardiovascular disease. Dr. Robert Salazar participates in the discussion of heart attack symptoms. Click on the link above to see the video.
Innovation and Evolution: Best Practices with Impella
Dr. Robert Salazar is a Training Faculty at the Innovation and Evolution: Best Practices with Impella in Boston, MA. He presents education on Impella RP with SmartAssist, Insertion, and Management. This event is sponsored by Abiomed, Inc.
CAMP Cardiogenic Shock and HRPCI
06.01.2022-06.02.2022 in Danvers, MA
Dr. Robert Salazar is a Speaker at the CAMP Cardiogenic Shock and HRPCI Course in Danvers, MA. He presents Escalation to Right Sided Support in the Management of CGS in Cardiac Cath Lab. The goal of this course is to share best practices for the management of AMI CGS and HRPCI from diagnosis to discharge. This event is also broadcasted and promoted to field teams to improve patient outcomes.
PEER
02.04.22 – 02.05.22 New Orleans, LA – Vascular PEER
Dr. Robert Salazar discusses training specific to Penumbra’s Peripheral Thrombectomy and Embolization Systems. This PEER includes applications, set up, troubleshooting, treatment algorithms, and case reviews.
American Heart Association
https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
This is a website for patients with cardiovascular diseases. Provides insight on multiple cardiac conditions. The site also provides a dedicated nutrition, smoking cessation, stress management and weight loss management page for your convenience.
American Stroke Associations
This is an informative site that provides learning materials on the topic of stroke. More importantly, the site lists the warning signs and multiple resources on the topic.
CardioSmart
This is a website for patients with cardiovascular disease. This is created by the American College of Cardiology. This site provides various educational materials regarding cardiology specific to the topic of your choice.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NHLBI strives to discover and apply knowledge to improve health globally. Provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, blood, blood resources and sleep disorders.
Heart Risk Assessment on Cardiosmart.org
https://www.cardiosmart.org/Tools/Heart-Disease-Risk-Assessment
My Life Check
Take an assessment to find where you stand on the road to good health. Start living a healthier life today.
Diabetes and Dietary Sources
American Diabetes Association
National organization to help prevent and diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
Delicious Dietitian
Local dietitians will guide you towards a new healthy lifestyle and sustained wellness.
Choose My Plate
Featuring information on the new food pyramid, its 12 models geared to different people. Also online tools, and dietary guidelines.
American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Offering nutrition information on the new food pyramid, its 12 models geared to different people. Also online tools, and dietary guidelines.The world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD/PVD), Vascular and Vein Sources
American College of Phlebology
www.phlebology.org/education/index.html
The American College of Phlebology provides a variety of educational opportunities for the treatment of venous disease.
Society of Vascular Medicine
Peripheral artery disease is a common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to your limbs.