What is Risk?
It is difficult for each of us to understand where we are in the
overall risk assessment for heart attack or stroke.
Large population studies such as the Framingham study take into
account many risk factors and compute what each individuals risk of
experiencing a heart attack or stroke is over the next ten years.
A simple model to understand risk is to imagine a blindfolded person
crossing US 41 in the middle of the afternoon has a high risk of
being hit by a moving vehicle whereas the same person crossing the
same road at 3 am has a much lower risk of being hit.
Our goal is to reduce each patients risk by therapy and life style
changes. We know that by lowering the level of bad (LDL) and
elevating the levels of good (HDL) cholesterol, major modification
of each patients risk is possible.
Raising the level of good cholesterol 1mg decreases the risk of
heart attack by 6%. Lowering the level of bad cholesterol (LDL) by
20 mg reduces the risk of heart attack by 50%.
Similar reduction is achieved reducing the risk of stroke.
The next several issues will discuss nine major risk factors.
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- Heart disease is the No. 1 worldwide killer of men and women, including in the United States. For example, heart disease is responsible for 40 percent of all the deaths in the United States, more than all forms of cancer combined.
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3155 Harbor Blvd., Ste. 100
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
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3155 Harbor Blvd., Ste. 100
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
941-625-1990
FAX 941-625-1991