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Banner Health offers screenings for Peripheral Arterial Disease

MESA, Ariz. (Sept. 8, 2010) -- Banner Desert Medical Center and Banner Heart Hospital will offer screenings for Peripheral Arterial Disease, or P.A.D., a common yet serious disease caused by narrowing of the peripheral arteries in the legs or pelvis. The disease is estimated to affect more than 8 million Americans, according to the American Heart Association.

Banner Boswell Medical Center is offering a free seminar about the condition that occurs when extra cholesterol and fat circulating in the blood collects on the walls of the arteries, typically in the lower extremities. The disease can have serious consequences because it reduces blood flow to the kidneys and limbs.

Having P.A.D. increases your chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke by 33 percent.

The cost of $60 screening includes screening of the carotid artery for stroke risk, abdominal aorta aneurysm screen, peripheral arterial screening of the legs, blood work for lipids/cholesterol/glucose (four-hour fast required) and review of tests by a physician.

Screening information

Banner Desert Medical Center

Tuesday, Sept. 14
4 to 8 p.m.
Banner Desert Medical Center, 1500 S. Dobson Road, Mesa
Cost: $60

Banner Heart Hospital

Thursday Sept. 16
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Banner Heart Hospital, 6750 E. Baywood Ave., Mesa
Cost: $60

Seminar information

Banner Boswell Medical Center

Wednesday, Sept. 15
9 - 10 a.m.
Banner Boswell Medical Center, Memorial Hall
10401 W. Thunderbird Rd., Sun City
Cost: Free

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Headquartered in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of the largest, nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns or leases 23 acute-care hospitals, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centers and an array of other services including family clinics, home care and hospice services, and a nursing registry. Banner Health is in seven states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming.