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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Primary prevention is the management of the risk factors, e.g. high blood pressure, early in life to prevent complications of the condition, i.e. coronary artery disease. It’s a multidisciplinary approach involving nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, dieticians, psychologists and many others. Secondary prevention.

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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her systolic blood pressure at the dentist was over 200 mm Hg. She was given nitroglycerin which improved her blood pressure, and she completed the procedure. She contacted her neighbor, a nurse, for help. St depression in lead AVL differentiates inferior st-elevation myocardial infarction from pericarditis.