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News Release

February 16, 2010

Contact: Chris Kaminski, 860-679-4352
e-mail: kaminski@nso.uchc.edu

Hypertension: The Silent Prelude to Heart Failure

Free Discovery Series at UConn Health Center March 2

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is one of the major causes of heart failure. The University of Connecticut Health Center’s Discovery Series will present a program about hypertensive heart failure, Tuesday, March 2. 

The program is free and starts at 7 p.m. in the UConn Health Center’s Keller Auditorium. To register, call 800-535-6232, or register online at http://discoveryseries.uchc.edu.

Dr. William B. White, a hypertension expert at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, will discuss the importance of blood pressure in the development of heart failure. Dr. Jason W. Ryan, a general cardiologist, will present how to recognize, treat and live with heart failure. Dr. David Hager, director of the Congestive Heart Failure Center, will moderate the program.

To get to the UConn Health Center main entrance: Entering the campus from Route 4, at the first stop sign, continue straight. Bear left at the fork and continue up the hill. The main entrance is straight past the next stop sign. Visitor parking is available on the other side of the gate. Directions to the UConn Health Center are available at http://www.uchc.edu/directions/home.html.

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