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Questions to Ask Your Health Care Professional


Questions to Ask Your Health Care Professional

1. What tests should I have, and how often, to monitor my risk factors for developing coronary artery disease?

2. What do my test results mean? Do I have heart disease?

3. What sort of treatment plan do you recommend?

4. Can you help me plan a safe exercise program?

5. Am I at high risk for heart-related complications if I take birth control pills?

6. What are the possible side effects of medications I've been prescribed?

7. What should I do if I experience chest pain or if I think I'm having a heart attack?

8. How can I tell the difference between angina and a heart attack?

9. I've heard there is new scientific evidence indicating that - use of hormone therapy by postmenopausal women can actually increase a woman's risk of developing heart disease, as well as other diseases such as breast cancer. I am currently taking hormone therapy, should I stop?

10. How can I change my diet to improve my cardiovascular health? How could vitamins help me?

11. Should I take aspirin to help prevent a heart attack? If so, how much and how often?

12. Do I need angioplasty or surgery to treat my heart disease and prevent a heart attack?

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