Medium Risk of Heart Disease

From your answers, it looks like you’re currently at a medium risk of developing heart disease, but this assessment isn’t a substitute for talking to a heart expert. You can lower your risk significantly by maintaining a healthy weight, diet and exercise routine. Most importantly, find a primary care doctor near you and talk with them about your heart disease risk at your annual physical each year.

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Find a Trusted Primary Care Doctor

You indicated that you don’t currently have a primary care doctor. Having an established relationship with a primary care doctor is important to your whole-person health. To find a physician near you, click here.

Use the results of this assessment to start a conversation with your new doctor about your heart health. Talk with your doctor about your heart health at each annual physical, ask whether additional or follow-up testing is needed and whether seeing a specialist like a cardiologist would be beneficial.

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Your Next Steps

With heart disease, prevention is the best medicine. Based on your answers, your most important next step is to find a primary care doctor, talk about the best ways to lower your heart disease risk and follow their guidance.

We also recommend taking these steps to keep your heart healthy and happy:

  • Aim for 150 minutes of exercise each week
  • Find ways to manage stress
  • Get your annual physical each year
  • Maintain a heart-healthy diet
  • Strive for or maintain a healthy weight
  • Stop smoking, if you currently smoke

We’re Here to Keep Your Heart Beating Strong

We hope you use your risk assessment results to inform ongoing conversations about your heart health with a trusted health care provider. Learn more about our general and specialty cardiovascular care, including care for arrhythmias, heart failure, valve disease and more.

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