What is primary prevention and what is secondary prevention?
Primary prevention is to identify individuals with high risk for CAD at an early stage before symptoms and signs of CAD appear and provide them with specific diet, life style, and pharmacological advice as indicated by the test resu lts. Secondary prevention is for patients who already have symptoms and signs of CAD. These are angina (chest pain), Myocardial Infarction (heart attack), heart failure, dysrhythmias (heart rhythm disturbances) and cardiac disability. Besides di et and life style advice these patients are provided with pharmacological treatment with the following medications, interventions and devices as indicated.