Women and Heart Disease > Evaluation and Prevention
Heredity
| A positive family history of premature heart disease is considered a cardiac risk factor for both men and women. A patient is considered to be at increased risk if he or she has a male first-degree blood relative who had CHD before age 55 or a female first-degree blood relative who had CHD before age 65. Race also appears to play a role in hereditary CHD risk. | 
Risk Factors
Office-Based Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction
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