Take These Steps to Prevent a Heart Attack

You’ve probably heard the old adage attributed to Benjamin Franklin: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That’s particularly true when it comes to your heart health. And since heart disease, which causes heart attacks, is the leading cause of death across the country, it’s well worth applying yourself here.

Fortunately, our team of heart attack prevention specialists can help. Here at Manhattan Integrative Cardiovascular in Midtown East Manhattan, New York City, David Bolon, MD, and our team offer targeted care to help you lower your likelihood of experiencing a serious cardiac event.

What does strategic heart attack prevention look like? Let’s dig in. 

An individualized plan to protect your heart

To build you the best prevention plan, we start by figuring out the current state of your heart health. Using cardiac assessments to screen for issues like cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels, we can get a comprehensive picture of how your heart is doing. If we need more clarity, we may also use tools like stress tests or cardiac and vascular ultrasounds.

From there, we create a personalized plan to give your heart the support it specifically needs. Usually, this means developing a healthy lifestyle plan paired with any specific treatments you require. If you have high blood pressure, for example, Dr. Bolon works with you to get it down to a healthy level to alleviate stress on your heart. The same goes for diabetes or high cholesterol. 

Using lifestyle choices to boost heart health

Even if your cardiac screening doesn’t turn up any pressing heart health problems, you can still benefit from a heart attack prevention plan. This centers around making choices each day to help your heart stay healthy, including:

• Eating a healthy, balanced diet
• Exercising regularly
• Quitting smoking
• Managing stress 
• Maintaining a healthy weight
• Moderating alcohol intake
• Getting enough sleep

Paired with any targeted treatments you need to address heart-compromising issues like high cholesterol or blood pressure, these changes go a long way. And even used alone, these lifestyle modifications do a lot to protect your heart health.

Fortunately, you don’t have to figure out how to adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle on your own. Our team offers resources and support — like nutrition and exercise guidance — to help. Together, we can work to dramatically reduce your risk of a heart attack, so don’t hesitate to contact our cardiac specialists. You can call us at (716) 303-4738 or book your appointment online.