Heart diseases include coronary heart disease, valve disease, rhythm disorders, and heart failure. Each disease requires specific diagnostic, treatment, and care strategies. Long-term survival following a heart event requires comprehensive support strategies acknowledging that people with heart disease live with other conditions that must also be addressed, such as kidney disease, diabetes, mental health challenges, and cancer.
We need to resist the temptation to focus on heart disease in isolation and instead reflect the role of heart health within a whole-of-person approach to health and wellbeing.
Goal 3: Prevent, detect, and manage risk early
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