PREVENT, TEST & TRY

The secret to preventing heart disease & stroke is recognizing and managing your risk factors.

At your next checkup, taking the tests listed below :

Weight and BMI
Waist circumference
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Fasting blood glucose

At your next checkup, taking the tests listed below :

REDUCE BLOOD SUGAR
less sweet lifestyle

CONTROL CHORESTEROL
always lower your LDL, bad cholesterol levels

MANAGE BLOOD PRESSSURE
checked regularly

STOP SMOKING
get back to healthy lifestyle

EAT RIGHT
Improve healthy diet

LOSE WEIGHT
try avoid overweight or obesity

GET MOVING
Do more exercise

Tests to Diagnose a Heart Attack

ECG The ECG (also known as EKG or electrocardiogram) can tell how much damage has occurred to your heart muscle and where it has occurred.

Blood tests Blood may be drawn to measure levels of cardiac enzymes that indicate heart muscle damage.

Echocardiography the use of ultrasound waves to investigate the action of the heart.

Stroke Risk Scorecard Test from National Stroke Association

Each box that applies to you equals 1 point. Total your score at the bottom of each column and compare with the stroke risk levels on the back.

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