Crewe Alexandra and Heart Valve Voice team up to host heart valve disaease screening event ahead of Walsall game

      ·Heart Valve Voice is a heart valve disease charity, formed in 2013

      ·Crewe Alexandra FC Academy Manager Dario Gradi is a heart valve disease patient and a Heart Valve Voice faculty member and campaigner

      · book an appointment by telephoning: 01270 252610 People over the age of 65 years are invited to

April.^thHeart Valve Voice, the UK’s only heart valve disease charity, has teamed up with Crewe Alexandra FC to host a one-day public heart valve disease screening event on Saturday 18

Both Heart Valve Voice and Crewe Alexandra are inviting members of the general public over the age of 65 years to come along to the screening event. Trained healthcare professionals will use high-tech equipment to scan hearts painlessly and quickly, with the consultation taking only 20 minutes. Once the scan is complete, those involved can continue their day as normal.

Crewe Alexandra’s Academy Manager and former manager Dario Gradi is a former heart valve disease patient and member of Heart Valve Voice: “Realising that you have heart valve disease is difficult as the symptoms – breathlessness, feeling tired and chest pains – can be mistaken for ageing. However, like me, it can be well treated if it is diagnosed early. I would encourage as many people as possible to come along to the screening – when in doubt, get your heart checked out.” Dario recently met Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson to discuss the under-diagnosis of heart valve disease and the danger posed to the general public.

are thought to be affected by heart valve disease and over half of patients with untreated severe symptomatic heart valve disease die within two years. Many heart valve disease symptoms are wrongly attributed to natural ageing (tiredness, breathlessness and difficulty exercising), with many people with heart valve disease left undiagnosed and untreated – with an ageing population, this should be of increasing concern to the UK.65Heart valve disease is an age-related illness and represents a significant challenge in the UK. Approximately one million people over the age of

to book your appointment.DyerBev April at the football Club, Gresty Road. Those interested in being screened for heart valve disease can book an appointment on 01270 252610. Please ask for ^thHeart Valve Voice’s heart screening event is due to take place on the morning of Saturday 18

Further information can be found atcrewealex.net.For information on heart valve disease and the charity visitheartvalvevoice.co.uk.