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Broward mayor urges Pembroke Pines residents to take county-funded preventive heart scan
Summary
Broward County Mayor Mark Bogan told the Pembroke Pines City Commission that a county-funded preventive cardiac scan program has screened about 7,000 asymptomatic residents and identified many who needed further treatment; the county is funding tests at no cost while money remains and will accept sign-ups at takehearttest.com.
Broward County Mayor Mark Bogan asked Pembroke Pines residents on Dec. 11 to consider a county-funded preventive cardiac scan he said has identified thousands of previously undetected problems.
"We have scanned 7,000 people in Broward County, all who have no symptoms," Bogan told the Pembroke Pines City Commission. "Out of 7,000, over 4,000 of them needed either open heart surgery, stents, or medication because they had no idea that…
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