Risk Factors for Heart Disease
While some risk factors - such as your age and family history of heart disease - are beyond your control, others can be modified in order to prevent a heart attack. They include:
- Smoking
- High Cholesterol
- High Blood Pressure
- Physical Inactivity
- Obesity
- Diabetes
Services
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Advanced Heart Failure Clinic
- Anticoagulation Clinic
- Atrial Fibrillation Clinic
- Cardiac Rehab
- Cardiac Surgery
- Clinical Cardiology
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Heart Rhythm Center
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medication Assistance Program
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
- Prevention & Wellness Clinic
- Research Center
- Sports Cardiology
- Teleheath (Virtual) Visit
- Thoracic Surgery
- Valve Clinic/Structural Heart
- Vascular Surgery
- Vein Center at Iowa Heart
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