Heart Disease Prevention

A Word About Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Prevention is classified as primary prevention and secondary prevention. Secondary prevention is the prevention of the progression or recurrence of disease among those with already diagnosed coronary artery disease. That is, prevention of 2nd heart attacks, development of congestive heart failure following angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery, etc. Primary prevention, as the words imply, is the attempt to prevent coronary artery disease via behavioral changes and environmental changes by "risk reduction". Primary prevention is the goal in those who do not have evidence for clinical coronary heart diseae. The underlying goal of primary prevention is to prevent atherosclerosis, the main culprit in the development and progression of coronary artery disease.

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