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Advice and help to stop smoking including nicotine replacement therapy
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Information and advice about modifiable lifestyle risk factors
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Advice and treatment to maintain blood pressures below 140/85 mm Hg24,25
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Low dose aspirin26
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Statins and dietary advice to lower total serum cholesterol to below 5.0 mmol/l (LDL <3.0 mmol/l) or by 30%, whichever is the greater27,28
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ACE inhibitors for people who also have left ventricular dysfunction29
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β Blockers for people who have also had a myocardial infarction30
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Warfarin when clinically appropriate for people over 60 years with atrial fibrillation31
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Meticulous control of blood pressure32 and glucose in people who also have diabetes33
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