You know the healthy choices that are good for your heart. The choices to help prevent heart disease. Yet sometimes they aren’t enough and heart disease can’t be prevented. Some of the risk factors for heart disease include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, cigarette smoking, and a family history of heart disease. Working with your primary care doctor and your cardiologist, you can take control of your heart health. 

• Find a primary care doctor or clinic close to you.

• Learn the difference between a heart attack vs.cardiac arrest.

• Subscribe to Well-Fed Me for heart-healthy recipes and lifestyle tips.

• Learn more about heart care at CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute.