Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Disease Summary

Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease, heart failure, peripheral artery disease and stroke
Symptoms of atherosclerosis include angina, intermittent claudication, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, or stroke.
Diagnostic tests may include a complete blood count, fasting blood glucose and/or HbA1c, serum lipids (total cholesterol [TC], low density lipoprotein-cholesterol [LDL-C], high density lipoprotein-cholesterol [HDL-C] and triglycerides [TG]), sodium, potassium, uric acid, creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), liver function tests, urinalysis, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), 12-lead ECG.
Primary cardiovascular disease prevention is aimed at the healthy population and population at risk (with ≥1 CV risk factors) that has not had a CV event while secondary cardiovascular disease prevention is instituted for those who have confirmed cardiovascular disease or had a first index event.

For further information regarding the management of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.