... manage their hearts before a heart attack by eliminating smoking, controlling blood pressure, eating a healthy diet, and exercising. Next, a secondary prevention method helps those already diagnosed with heart problems such as coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease. For the secondary prevention method, there are more limitations in helping the patient since the patient had a prior heart condition. However, it ... has been suggested that taking aspirin may reduce the severity of a heart attack and aid in thinning the blood, which could prevent bl...

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