Cardiovascular disease which includes both heart
attack and stroke is the second leading cause of death in Singapore, after
cancer.Approximately 2000 people in Singapore suffer a heart attackevery year.
Furthermore, due to the earlier adoption of unhealthy lifestyle habits, heart disease
is occurring at a younger age. Nowadays, it is not unusual to see patients as
young as 40 present with heart disease. Similarly, we are beginning to see more
women with heart disease nowadays. This is largely due to the increased
prevalence of smoking and diabetes among women. In the US, heart disease kills
6 times as many women as breast cancer Sudden Cardiac Death Treatment
As with all things in life, prevention is always better than cure.Cardiovascular
screening may help identify high risk individuals who may benefit from
aggressive preventative strategies. Nowadays, we have at our disposal highly
sensitive diagnostic tools such as carotid ultrasound, coronary calcium
scanning and CT coronary angiogram (coronary CTA) which allow us to identify early
cholesterol deposits in the arteries of the brainand heart.
Individuals who may benefit from cardiovascular screening include:
1) Men
(>/= age 40) and women (>/= age 50) with at least one of the following
risk factors - - High blood pressure.
- High cholesterol.
- Diabetes.
- Smoking.
- Family history of heart disease.
Individuals who want
to participate in strenuous sports (e.g triathlon, marathon, etc.).
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