Age plays a vital role in the deterioration of cardiovascular functionality, resulting in an increased risk of heart disease in older adults. Dr. Kartik Bhosale will be addressing us about how to take care of our hearts health and how to set tone of heart healthy life at age 40 in this blog. The prevalence of CVD has also been shown to increase with age, in both men and women, which include blockages in arteries which supplies blood to heart called leading to the heart attack and and blood vessels in brain leading to brain stroke.

As per WHO statistics of 2016, In India, CVDs account for 45% of deaths in the 40-69-year age group. With this alarming numbers its critically important to understand which factors are responsible for CVD in this age group. Your 40s may be consumed with your job, responsibilities and parenting, but you shouldn’t neglect your own well-being. If persons of age more than 40 years is having multiple CV risk factors like smoking, increased BP, obesity, diabetes, family history of premature death due to CVD, persistent elevated cholesterol i.e. LDL C, post menopause women, are at high future risk of CVD. Hence in such individual few lifestyle intervention and if required few preventive medications like statin etc. may be required.