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==Overview== | |||
Smoking cessation and blood pressure management are tow reversible risk factors for the development and progression of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. | |||
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*Eat a heart-healthy diet, exercise, stop smoking (if you smoke) | |||
*Eat a heart-healthy diet, exercise, stop smoking (if you smoke) | |||
*Your health care provider may give you medicine to help lower your cholesterol. | *Your health care provider may give you medicine to help lower your cholesterol. | ||
*If you were given medicines for blood pressure | *If you were given medicines for blood pressure management, take them as your doctor has asked you to. | ||
*Men over age 65 who have ever smoked should have a screening ultrasound performed once. | *Men over age 65 who have ever smoked should have a screening ultrasound performed once. | ||
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000162.htm | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000162.htm | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Smoking cessation and blood pressure management are tow reversible risk factors for the development and progression of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Preventive Measures
- Eat a heart-healthy diet, exercise, stop smoking (if you smoke)
- Your health care provider may give you medicine to help lower your cholesterol.
- If you were given medicines for blood pressure management, take them as your doctor has asked you to.
- Men over age 65 who have ever smoked should have a screening ultrasound performed once.
Sources
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000162.htm