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Treatment of heart disease begins with prevention. Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or controlled effectively with prevention measures that include regular exercise, not smoking or drinking excessively, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, and eating a heart-healthy well-balanced diet. Risk factors, such as high cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension can be prevented or controlled through these lifestyle changes, regular medical care and/or medication.The risk of developing some forms of congenital heart defects can be minimized by regular prenatal care.

The most effective heart disease treatment plan includes a multifaceted approach that addresses the specific form of heart disease. This includes regular medical monitoring and testing, lifestyle and dietary changes, and may include medications and surgery. Prognosis and outcomes of heart disease vary greatly depending o the type of heart disease, how quickly it was diagnosed and treated, coexisting diseases, lifestyle and other factors.

No area of medicine has progressed more dramatically in recent decades than in the treatment of heart disease. The articles on this page discuss important aspects of many of the therapies being used today for coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmias.

In addition to drug treatments and surgery, there is a range of treatments for heart disease.

Drug treatments for people with heart disease can help lower blood pressure or cholesterol, prevent or dissolve blood clots, relieve and prevent angina symptoms, or improve the strength or rhythm of the heart’s contractions.

Medical procedures to diagnose and treat heart disease include coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass grafts, coronary angioplasty, coronary stenting, heart transplants, operations for congenital defects, surgery for heart valve defects, electrophysiological treatments and implanting of cardiac defibrillator.