What are some of the key treatments used in cardiovascular disease?

What are some of the key treatments used in cardiovascular disease? So the most important treatments can be given by the patient and those treatments are dietary modification, so having less salt, more fibre, more fresh fruit and vegetables and less fat in the diet. Physical activity and movement are known to significantly reduce the risk major cardiovascular disease such as heart attack or stroke. One of the most important things where applicable is to stop smoking and also to lose weight where someone's body mass index is above where it should be. So all of these things address various risk factors such as having high blood pressure, having raised cholesterol or being diabetic. But where relevant, those strategies can be supported by medication. So for example in patients with high cholesterol or those who have been assessed by their doctor to be at a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, we may choose to prescribe or offer the patient statin therapy, which we know can a. reduce someone's cholesterol but also can reduce their overall cardiovascular risk. Some of the other commonly used medications include blood thinning treatments such as aspirin and depending on what the individual history of the patient we may choose to offer blood pressure medication or medication for diabetes.