At Sherman Hospital, we pride ourselves on educating the community and providing resources to help combat heart disease.

We offer a wide array of classes, lectures, screenings and support groups that focus on preventing heart disease, promoting healthy lifestyles and offering resources for those who have been diagnosed with heart disease.

Recent programs include "Women and Heart Disease: Our Symptoms Are Different," "Live Longer, Live Healthier: Lower Your Cholesterol," and "Eating the Mediterranean Way."

For more information on community wellness classes, please call (800) 397-9000.

Recently, Sherman Hospital acquired a new 16-slice CT scanner -- a device that can help to detect plaque buildup in the arteries. When Sherman needed a volunteer to test the device, Don stepped forward. And he's glad he did.

The scanner revealed that Don had moderate amounts of plaque buildup. Because of his family history, and because he'd already had a stress test, he decided to proceed to the cardiac catheterization lab that Friday morning.

The tests revealed he had 80-90% blockage in one of his arteries, and Don immediately received three drug-eluting stents and underwent two angioplasties. The following evening, Don attended a coworker's wedding reception, and he returned to work on Monday.

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