Martha Bryce, left, with Dr. Michael Dewar; Eloise Barron; Robert Bepko Jr. at a recent Matters of the Heart forum in Wilton.
The Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association recently presented the latest advances in heart disease at the Matters of the Heart Forum with the Wilton Y at Wilton Library. Treatments, medications, research and development were explained in detail to a large audience. Panelists were Dr. Michael Dewar, assistant professor of cardiac surgery at Yale School of Medicine, who presented a cardiac surgery film; Robert Bepko Jr., director of Professional Services, Norwalk Hospital, who discussed cardiac medications; Martha Bryce, nurse at RVNA and heart champion, who told her own personal experience with heart disease. Eloise Barron, director of Community Health and Wellness at RVNA was the moderator.