A Baby Boomer’s Guide to Heart Health

A BABY BOOMER'S Guide to Heart Health Age Is More Than a Number for Your Heart FOR MEN AGE 45: +25 Heart disease risk spikes 75- 50 (age) AGE 55: +25 75+ 2.1/100 have heart disease 50 (age) AGE 85: +25 75- 7.4/100 have heart disease 50 (age) FOR WOMEN AGE 55: 25 75 Risk startS climbing 50 (age) POST-MENOPAUSE: Heart disease prevalence increases Women's risk increases about 10 years behind men's 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 (age) Can You Read the Red Flags of Heart Disease? HEART PALPITATIONS CHEST PAIN SHORTNESS OF BREATH NAUSEA COLD SWEATS SWELLING Tackling Heart Disease O Make Lifestyle Changes • Quit smoking • Lose weight Get physically active 2. Treat Related Conditions Manage blood pressure and cholesterol Control blood sugar if you have diabetes Follow your doctor's treatment plans 3 Consider Surgical Intervention · Angioplasty Coronary artery bypass grafting • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement Contact us to be referred to a physician who treats Heart Disease in Las Vegas INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: SUNRISE Sunrise HOSPITAL & Medical Center www.SUNRISEHOSPITALBLOG.com HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER Sources: https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/Transca theter-Aortic-Valve-Replacement-TAVR-or-TAVI_UCM_450827_Article.jsp http://www.scai.org/SecondsCount/Heart/WholsAffectedByCardiovascularDisease.aspx http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/features/12-possible- heart-symptoms-never-to-ignore http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-symptoms http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/hdw/treatment.html