How can I reduce my risk of developing a heart condition?
Lowering your risk of heart disease starts with simple, everyday habits, like eating well, exercising regularly, and avoiding smoking. In this video, Dr Ravi Assomull explains how these lifestyle changes, combined with advanced diagnostic tests like ECG and heart scans, can help you understand and manage your cardiovascular risk, especially if you have a family history.
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Transcript
You can reduce your risk of developing a general heart condition by actually just using simple common sense strategies in day-to-day living. So looking after yourself, critically eating well, exercising regularly, not smoking, are simple things that we can do and should do. If you want to look further, if you have a, for example, a family history of heart problems, simple diagnostics such as blood tests and ECG and scans of the heart will also inform us what your overall risk is currently and potentially what your future risk of cardiovascular problems is.
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