not 45 anymore,'” said Arora, a cardiology fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
“Preventative care for heart disease for older populations has not carried over to the younger population, but we don’t know why,” he said. “We need to answer that question.”
Arora said he’d like to see an increased emphasis on patient education.
“It’s more about getting people to see a physician sooner, getting their cholesterol checked earlier, and focusing more on exercising and eating healthier foods,” Arora said. “We need to get people to stop thinking, ‘Oh, I’m too young to get heart disease.'”
