Cardiovascular disease in Australia cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure (hypertension) causes stress to the heart and its function that leads to heart disease. Males experience heart disease caused by hypertension than women. One in five Australians with high blood pressure suffers from heart disease (Nichols, 2014). A key step to prevent any type of heart disease is addressing the risk factors. Such as not smoking or use of drugs, regular exercising, have healthy diet, maintain healthy weight and have regular health screening to check up on blood pressure. These lifestyle changes reduces the risk of developing heart disease (Wood & Gordon, 2011). Prescribed medications
BaleDoneen Method if patients have plaque in their arteries since heart attacks and strokes can only occur in people with this disease. A 2015 study of more than 5,000 adults, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that most initial cardiac events do not occur in patients considered at “high risk” based on risk factor scores. The study also stated that the accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction was “significantly improved” if vascular imaging, such as ultrasound imaging or Coronary Artery Calcium score (CAC), was used. During the initial evaluation, and to monitor response to treatment with the BaleDoneen Method,