When you have heart disease or diabetes you have an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. That's also true if you've had a previous stroke, chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease, or an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The good news is there are steps you can take to help reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke:

Take some or all of these four heart protective medications, if approved by your doctor:

• Take What You Need to help Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke (Overview of all four medications)
Tome Lo Que Nececite Para Prevenir Infartos y Derrames Cerebrales (Spanish)
Take What You Need to Help Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke [Chinese]

• Aspirin Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes
Terapia con aspirina: previene infartos y derrames cerebrales (Spanish)
Aspirin Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes [Chinese]

• Statin Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes
Terapia con estatina: previene infartos y derrames cerebrales (Spanish)
Statin Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes [Chinese]

• ACE Inhibitor Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes
Terapia con inhibidores ACE: previene infartos y derrames cerebrales (Spanish)
ACE Inhibitor Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks & Strokes [Chinese]

• Beta Blocker Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes
Terapia con bloqueadores beta: Prevención de infartos y derrames cerebrales (Spanish)
Beta Blocker Therapy: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes [Chinese]

Make healthy lifestyle choices:

• Eat a low fat, high fiber diet
• Exercise and Fitness Get 30 minutes or more of physical activity most days of the week
• Smoking - Call It Quits! Quit smoking, if you smoke.
• Managing Your Weight Tools and resources to achieve a healthy weight.

Other Factors Affecting Your Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke:

• Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke When You Have Kidney Disease
• Diabetes Prevention and Control

Learn More About Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes

Managing Your Medications

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