What are reversible cardiac risk factors?

What are reversible cardiac risk factors?

Cardiology

In this video, Dr. R. R Kasliwal, Chairman - Clinical & Preventive Cardiology, Medanta – The Medicity, will discuss the reversible cardiac risk factors. He will tell that age, gender, family history are irreversible factors. Reversible factors are cigarette smoking, control of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sedentary lifestyle, excess sugar and salt. Lifestyle modification, regular exercise, quitting smoking and decrease in salt intake etc. can reverse the cardiac risk factors and can control sugar levels and blood pressure and cholesterol.