The Truth About Heart Disease

Dr. Mark Houston is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Clinical Instructor in the department of Physical Therapy and Health Care Sciences at George Washington University (GWU), Adjunct Professor in Metabolic Medicine at the University of South Florida Medical School. He is also Director of the Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology and Medical Director of the Division of Human Nutrition at Saint Thomas Medical Group, Saint Thomas Hospital and Health Services in Nashville, TN. He is on the faculty of A4M for the FAARM and the Metabolic Medicine Institute (MMI) and George Washington University (GWU). Dr. Houston was selected as one of the Top Physicians in Hypertension in the US in 2008-2018 by the Consumer Research Council, and by USA Today as one of the Most Influential Doctors in the US in both Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia twice in 2009- 2010. He was selected as The Patient’s Choice Award in 2010 -2012 by Consumer Reports USA. He was also selected as one of the Top 100 physicians in the US by the American Health Council in 2017 and one of the Top 50 Functional and Integrative Medical Doctors in the USA in August 2017. He was selected as America’s Best Physicians in Cardiology 2018 by the National Consumer Advisory Board. He has four board certifications by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM) and American Board of Cardiology (ABC) Certification in Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (2017) (DBAC). He is one of the founding members and director of the International Society of Integrative Metabolic and Functional Cardiovascular Medicine (ISIMFC) founded in 2012. He is one of the most sought- after lecturers in the US on the medical topics of Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Vascular Aging, Vascular Biology, Metabolic and Functional Medicine and Integrative and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr Houston has an active clinical practice, teaches and does clinical research at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. and is on the medical faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the founder of the Hypertension Institute at Saint Thomas Hospital. Please visit the web site hypertensioninstitute.com

Overview of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). What is CHD and Heart Attack or Myocardial Infarction? What are the Symptoms and Signs of CHD? Actual Patient Cases of CHD and Heart Attack or MI from Practice. What Does the Heart Artery Do When It Is Damaged? How Do You Get CHD? New Concepts in CHD. The Causes of Chest Pain. What is in Your Genes that Places You at Risk. What Are Your Genes Doing? Gene Expression in CHD and How to Treat. The Gut and the Heart Connection. Bad Food Equals Bad Arteries. Nutrition. The Blood Vessel, Brain, and Immune System Connections. Plaque Formation, Types of Plaque, and Rupture. Non-Obstructive CHD. Women and CHD. CHD Risk Factors. Hypertension. Dyslipidemia or Abnormalities of Cholesterol. How to Assess your Risk for using CHD Scoring Tests. Testing: Labs, Noninvasive, and Invasive testing The Integrative CHD Prevention Program using Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Exercise, Weight Management. Future Prospective. Summary and Conclusions.