February Heart Month

For February, Montefiore Demonstrates the Literal Steps to a Healthy Heart

For February, Montefiore Demonstrates the Literal Steps to a Healthy Heart (Picture)
By DAVID CRUZ
Dr. Azeem Latib stands between the living and the dead. He’s the last person patients at Montefiore Health System suffering from heart or coronary disease see should their conditions worsen. “Ideally, I would prefer to have less patients,” said Dr. Latib. “It means that they’re getting prevention.” And at Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, where he serves as director of interventional cardiology, Dr. Latib is also part of a contingent looking to stymie such a visit. As patients and visitors passed the Moses Campus’ vestibule on East 210th Street during mid-morning on Feb. 3, he and clinicians,


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February Heart Month Begins With One Step

By DAVID CRUZ and DANIELA BEASLEY
 For the last decade, Montefiore Health System has taken steps to lower the rate of heart disease in the Bronx. That mantra has taken place literally and figuratively. It was at the hospital’s Moses Campus on East Gun Hill Road in Norwood on Feb. 2 where a queue of Montefiore employees took a stroll around the hospital’s perimeter where one loop equates to a quarter mile. Walking has its merits, and has a greater chance of lowering the risk of heart disease. The queue was led by Dr. Steven Safyer, president and CEO of Montefiore Health System, who kicked off


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