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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aisha Adigun, B.Sc., M.D.[2] Nuha Al-Howthi, MD[3]

Overview

Secondary prevention of chest pain depend on the cause for instance, chronic stable angina, risk factor modification remains an urgent and essential part of secondary prevention strategy. myocarditis secondary prevention include, clinical evaluation, ECG, and echocardiography. CMR, cardiac CT scan. secondary prevention of chest pain caused by GERD avoiding food that worsens the symptoms, smoking cessation, weight loss, eating frequent meals, and head raising of the bed while sleeping.

Secondary Prevention

Secondary prevention of chest pain depend on the cause:

  • Secondary prevention of chest pain due to chronic stable angina, risk factor modification remains an urgent and essential part of secondary prevention strategy. ACC/AHA states that Identifying and, when present, treating Category I risk factors can be an optimal secondary prevention strategy in patients with chronic stable angina. You can read more about general coronary heart disease secondary prevention, here.


You can read in greater detail about each of the risk factor modification topic below by clicking on the link for that topic:

References

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