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Lifestyle interventions, combined with medical or surgical therapy, are essential for reducing the risk and managing existing coronary heart disease.
Clinicians must be skilled in counseling patients on lifestyle interventions, in addition to pharmacologic and surgical therapies, to effectively lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Lifestyle counseling may complement medical/surgical CHD therapy; leaves open optimal combinations pending prospective trials.
Cardiovascular diseases remain extremely common and the United States and are the single most common cause for death in both men and women. Many risk factors including cigarette smoking, elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity and in inactive lifestyle carry a significant lifestyle component. This fact is recognized in the National Guidelines for the Treatment of many risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, lifestyle intervention, in combination with proper medical and/or surgical therapy can play a significant role in the management of existing cardiovascular disease. In this review, we provide background and rationale for interventions to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease with a particular emphasis on intervening to improve lifestyle related issues. To achieve the best outcomes clinicians must be skilled not only in pharmacologic and surgical therapies but also in counseling patients on various lifestyle interventions to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Rippe et al. (2007) conducted a review in Coronary Heart Disease. Lifestyle intervention was evaluated. Lifestyle interventions, combined with medical or surgical therapy, are essential for reducing the risk and managing existing coronary heart disease.
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