Please provide some do's and don'ts on living with coronary artery disease.

Ignore: Do take your medicine and follow your diet, don't smoke.

Ignore: Get optimistic--but get serious too. A tip that fits here is just not enough. Find out what is.

Know: Know your Apo E gene. Apo E 4 is the one to look out for and reflects a 42% increased risk of CVD.

Ignore: DO: take aspirin, statins, exercise. Control diabetes, blood pressure. DON'T: smoke, eat fatty foods.

Ignore: Having a healthy life style is important.

Ignore: A heart rate monitor used during gentle exercise can be helpful. Estimated max HR is 220 - age.

Ignore: Don't take on tasks that require completion. E.g. Mowing lawn, shovel snow . Those activities dehydr.

Ignore: Before undergoing elective stent placement, meet with a cardiac surgeon to review alternatives.

Ignore: Do not smoke, do not eat unhealthy Do exercise, do lose weight, do have a cardiologist.