In addition, other preventive steps you can take include: tea and foods
high in B and E vitamins, such as green leafy vegetables and fish can reduce
heart disease in women; low dose aspirin and statins can reduce heart disease
risk; regular ECG stress test may not give the correct information about your
heart; further testing such as stress echocardiogram, stress thallium, or
cardiac catheterization may be required; Ultrafast CT and MRI are only
pre-screening tests. Do not leave the ER without EKG and cardiac enzyme test
(CPK or troponin).
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