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What Are The Precautions To Be Taken To Prevent Heart Attack And Stroke? Is There Any Test To Determine Atherosclerosis?

My mother had a heart attack and stroke very recently. We are very worry about our health and what we should do to prevent this to happen to us. What you I do on my next doctor visit. Are there some test that could help to determine if I could have arthrosclerosis? what measures should we take thank you
posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2013
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Dear sir

There are so many precautions to prevent heart attack and stroke like

1. Control blood pressure - below 130/80
2. Control LDL cholesterol - below 100 mg/dl
3. Control Blood sugars with in normal range - below 180 mg/dl.

If you want to determine atherosclerosis then you need to following tests
1. coronary calcium scoring.
2. Carotid doppler tests

The following precaution can be taken if there is any evidence of atherosclerosis.

1. Initiation of statins like atorvastatin
2. Initiation of ACE inhibitors

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What Are The Precautions To Be Taken To Prevent Heart Attack And Stroke? Is There Any Test To Determine Atherosclerosis?

Dear sir There are so many precautions to prevent heart attack and stroke like 1. Control blood pressure - below 130/80 2. Control LDL cholesterol - below 100 mg/dl 3. Control Blood sugars with in normal range - below 180 mg/dl. If you want to determine atherosclerosis then you need to following tests 1. coronary calcium scoring. 2. Carotid doppler tests The following precaution can be taken if there is any evidence of atherosclerosis. 1. Initiation of statins like atorvastatin 2. Initiation of ACE inhibitors Thanks