For over four decades, Lyle Swenson made it his job to protect others.
The retired officer spent his career upholding the law in South Dakota. As Davison County Sheriff and later U.S. Marshall for South Dakota, serving others has always been his calling.
It took a cardiac screening for Lyle to realize that he needed some protection himself. The healthy-looking, active man had no idea that he had little blood flowing to and from his heart, putting him at great risk for heart attack and long-term cardiac damage.
“I never once worried about my heart,” says Lyle from his Mitchell home. “I looked good, but looks can be deceiving.”