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Risk Factors
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Important General Aspects
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Cardiovascular health care is primarily dependent on the individual's responsibility and self-care. An early detection and awareness of signs of concomitant diseases or present risk factors can ensure independence or even save lives.
Generally accepted risk factors are:
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are certainly multi-factorial diseases. Hence, many factors and causes may be involved in the complicated process of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. Especially the interactions of various factors or the combined occurrence of several risk factors are thought to be necessary to provoke that situation. Click here to view an enlargement of the image.
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Just a few pounds of weight loss are enough to significantly reduce your risk for cardiac infarction. Ask your doctor for advice and an individual health plan.
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