Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Application of Technology for Early Diagnosis

Table 1

Comparison of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention methods.

Aspect	Primary prevention	Secondary prevention	Tertiary prevention
Focus	Preventing the onset of disease, by eliminating risk factors	Reducing the impact of the disease by early diagnosis before permanent damage	Managing pain and increasing life expectancy of the patient
Financial burden	Very low: mainly focusing on lifestyle changes	Medium: medical interventions cost affordable amounts	Very high: surgery and other major procedures
Disruption of daily work	Low	Medium	High: requiring constant attention after medical interventions
Examples	Daily exercise, healthy diets	Beta blockers, statin treatment, lifestyle changes	Stent replacement, bypass surgery