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How to prevent heart attack in older age??
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Multifactorial: Hi. Healthy lifestyle, for starters: eat healthily, exercise regularly, and don't smoke. Many of the rest have some age dependency: treat high blood pressure and unfavorable lipids; if you're diabetic, control your diabetes well (A1c in the 6's - that helps eyes, kidneys, and nerves in addition to heart); take an aspirin or clopidogrel if instructed to do so by your doc.
Answered 9/28/2016
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