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What conditions are included in chronic ischemic heart disease?
Complications of ischemic heart disease include:
- Arrythmia (irregular heart rhythm)
- Chronic angina.
- Congestive heart failure.
- Heart damage.
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
What are five risk factors for coronary artery?
Risk factors for coronary artery disease include:
- Age. Getting older increases your risk of damaged and narrowed arteries.
- Sex. Men are generally at greater risk of coronary artery disease.
- Family history.
- Smoking.
- High blood pressure.
- High blood cholesterol levels.
- Diabetes.
- Overweight or obesity.
Which are considered positive risk factors for coronary artery disease?
The traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease are high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history, diabetes, smoking, being post-menopausal for women and being older than 45 for men, according to Fisher. Obesity may also be a risk factor.
What can be defined as a non modifiable risk factor for CVDS?
Non-modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors are those that cannot be changed. These include a person’s age, ethnicity and family history (genetics cannot be changed), among other factors.
How do you prevent heart blocks?
A heart-healthy diet contains plenty of good fats and low amounts of bad fats.
- Add more good fats to your diet. Good fats are also called unsaturated fats.
- Cut sources of saturated fat, such as fatty meat and dairy.
- Eliminate artificial sources of trans fats.
- Increase your fiber intake.
- Cut back on sugar.
What are some modifiable and Nonmodifiable risk factors for HTN?
Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for hypertension
- Genetics. Having a family history of high BP means that someone within your immediate family has been diagnosed with high BP before the age of 60 years.
- Age. As we age our risk of high BP increases.
- Sex.
- Ethnicity.
- High salt diet.
- Body weight.
- Smoking.
- Exercise.
What are examples of modifiable risk factors?
Modifiable risk factors include: smoking high blood pressure diabetes physical inactivity being overweight high blood cholesterol. The good news is that the effect of many risk factors can be changed (you cannot change the risk factor, only its effect).