Primary Prevention
Efforts to lower risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) by risk factor modification before clinical manifestations of CAD appear
Secondary Prevention
Efforts to lower risk of repeat CAD event in patients who have already developed clinical manifestation of CAD (e.g., angina, myocardial infarction, etc.)
Prevention efforts focus on modifiable risk factors:
- Hyperglycemic control
- Cessation of cigarrete smoking
- Control of systemic arterial hypertension
- Control of excess body weight
- Diet modification
- Behavior modification and stress reduction
- Exercise
- Lipid management
~Peer Reviewed by: Nina Jaitly, MD
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