The exterior of Banner University Medical Center.The University of Arizona’s Sarver Heart Center kicks off its 30th anniversary community lecture series Wednesday with a talk on protecting the brain of people with heart disease.
According to the center, brain impairment is a long-term side effect of advanced heart disease, affecting about 68 percent of people with heart failure. Half of those who have bypass surgery also experience cognitive impairment.
Lee Ryan, head of the UA’s Psychology Department, and Nancy Sweitzer, Sarver Heart Center director, will discuss how researchers believe what’s good for the heart is also good for the brain. That includes eating a mostly plant-based Mediterranean diet, regular exercise and life-long learning.
The 6 p.m. lecture will be in room 5403 at the UA College of Medicine, adjacent to Banner-University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Park in the hospital's patient parking garage and enter through the hospital's main lobby.
The event is free, but registration is requested. Chest-compression-only CPR training begins at 5:30 p.m.
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