Submitted by Dr T on June 13, 2011 – 7:00am
That depends on modifying (if needed) your cardiac risk factors, which include your lifestyle and family history. You can calculate you risk for developing heart disease here:
https://www.cardiachealth.org/app/risk-assessment.php
https://www.cardiachealth.org/risks-benefits/cardiovascular-risk
You can play around with these by modifying your numbers and see how they change your risk profile!
While that is of course only hypothetical, you can make real-time changes to your Cardiac risks by modifying your lifestyle where needed:
https://www.cardiachealth.org/heart-disease-treatment/what-you-can-do
This includes eating a healthy diet:
https://www.cardiachealth.org/patients/diet/mediterranean-diet
https://www.cardiachealth.org/patients/diet/heart-healthy-food
If you’d like to see what a real life scenario could look like, play this animation (from Medical Maneuvers):
Cardiac Risks, what may happen to you
Hope this helps,
Dr T
https://www.cardiachealth.org/
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