Heart Attack Risk Factors

A heart attack can happen to anyone, though taking the time to learn the risk factors can help you eliminate or reduce them.

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Heart Attack Risk

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What can I do?

Encourage your loved one to talk to their primary care provider about what they should be doing, and more importantly how and when to do it, and listen to the explanations and recommendations yourself. This will help you understand the risk factors and how you can help your loved one make changes. Then support them in the changes they make, no matter how small or slow. Also check with your loved one's health plan for benefits that support cardiovascular risk reduction, such as testing and lifestyle programs.

Ways to manage risk factors

What are the biggest risk factors for heart attack?

About half of all Americans have at least one of the three key risk factors for heart disease: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and smoking.

Inherited (genetic) factors: Groups most at risk

Inherited, genetic, or family history (all the same meaning) risk factors are non-modifiable, meaning preventing them is out of our control. However, managing them is not.

Acquired risk factors: Groups most at risk

Acquired risk factors are modifiable, meaning we can do things to prevent them.

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