Men’s Health Blog
Dr. Neil Galindez specializes in cardiothoracic surgery and minimally invasive surgery for AFib in Florida Medical Center.
November is Men’s Health Month and I want to take this opportunity to talk about heart disease and us, men, the not so stronger gender.
Even though the majority of people who die of coronary artery disease (the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to a heart attack) are 65 or older, there are recent trends in industrialized countries, pointing to an increase in the incidence of coronary artery disease among younger people. Although coronary artery disease affects both men and women, men have a greater risk of having a heart attack than women do, and men have attacks earlier in life.
Research has identified factors that increase a person’s risk for heart disease and heart attack. The more risk factors one has, the higher the chance of developing heart disease and having a heart attack. Some of these risk factors cannot be changed, but there are many factors that we can modify to improve our heart health.
