• To avoid or delay a first cardiac problem.
• To live long di tenduristiya baş de. This is because in people who lead a healthy lifestyle, the period of morbidity (that is, the time during which a person is sick before dying) is approximately sala 1. However, it climbs to around 8 years in people who do not have a good lifestyle.
• Prevention is effective even with unfavorable heredity.

Di malê da, monitor his pîvan regularly using a bathroom scale.

Li doktor, various tests make it possible to monitor the evolution of nîşangir cardiovascular disease. For a person at high risk, follow-up is more frequent.

• Pîvandina tansiyona xwînê : Once a year.
• Pîvandina mezinahiya belî : if needed.
• Lipid profile revealed by a blood sample (level of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides and sometimes apolipoprotein B): at least every 5 years.
• Blood sugar measurement: once a year from the age of 1.

Better to approach changes gently and prioritize, step by step. Your doctor will help you find the most important preventative measures to lower your risk.

• Cixare tune. Consult our Smoking file.
• Pîvana tendurustiyê biparêze Fatê germ, which surrounds the viscera, is more harmful to the heart than the fat lodged just under the skin and distributed elsewhere in the body. Men should aim for a waistline of less than 94 cm (37 in), and women, 80 cm (31,5 in). Consult our Obesity sheet and take our test: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
• Tendurist bixwin. Diet has, among other things, a major effect on blood lipid levels and weight. Consult our sheets How to eat well? and Food Guides.
• Çalak bimînin. Exercise lowers blood pressure, increases insulin sensitivity (thus improves blood sugar control), helps maintain or lose weight, and helps relieve stress. Consult our file Being active: the new way of life.
• Bi têra xwe razê. Deficient sleep harms the health of the heart and contributes to excess weight, among other things.
• Better manage the stress. The strategy has two components: reserve time to release accumulated tensions (physical or relaxation activities: leisure, relaxation, deep breathing, etc.); and find solutions to better react to certain stressful situations (for example, reorganizing your schedule).
• Adapt your activities in the event of smog. It is best to limit outdoor activities, especially strenuous exercise, when air pollution is high. People at high cardiovascular risk should even stay indoors, cool. When going outside, drink a lot, walk quietly and take breaks. You can find out about the air quality in major Canadian cities. The data is updated daily by Environment Canada (see Sites of Interest).

Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA – Aspirin®). Doctors have long recommended that people at moderate or high risk of having a heart attack take a low dose of aspirin every day, as a preventative measure. Aspirin prevents blood clots from forming. However, this usage has been dijwar. Indeed, data indicate that the risks of taking aspirin can, in many cases, outweigh its benefits.⁵³. This designer drug can increase the risk of digestive bleeding and hemorrhagic stroke. For these reasons, since June 2011, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) advises against preventive use aspirin (even for people with diabetes)⁵⁶. Lifestyle changes are best, according to experts. The debate is not closed and research continues. If necessary, discuss it with your doctor.

Note that this recommendation is for people who are at risk, but have not yet suffered from heart disease. If a person already has coronary artery disease, such as angina, or has had a previous heart attack, aspirin is a treatment that has been proven very well and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society recommends using it.