What You Need to Know to Prevent a Heart Attack
Heart disease and heart attacks share most of the same risk factors, and while certain risks for heart attacks and heart disease cannot be changed, it is important to realize that you do have control over many others.
Heart attack risk factors that you cannot control include:
- Age
- Family history of early heart disease.
The more risk factors you have, the greater your chance having a heart attack.
(Click Heart Disease Risk to learn more about your risk for a heart attack in the next 10 years.)