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About Your Cardiovascular Risk > The Heart Care Test

The Heart Care Test

The Heart Care Test will tell you your current risk of cardiovascular disease.

While you cannot control all the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like age and family history, this test shows the major risk factors that you can change.3

Select "yes" if

  • You have the condition and it is not being treated
  • Your healthcare professional has told you it is not yet under control

Select "no" if

  • You do not have the condition
  • You had it but it is now being effectively treated

If you are unsure, select "I do not know."

After you have answered all the questions, select "Get Results."

Risk Factor Yes No I do not
know
High Blood Pressure  
Diabetes Mellitus  
High Cholesterol Levels  
Metabolic Syndrome  
Overweight or Obesity  
Current Cigarette Smoker  
 
Ask If ALTACE Is Right For You

Talk With Your Healthcare Professional About ALTACE®

Share your Heart Care Test results with your healthcare professional. And ask if ALTACE® is right for you. We created a guide to help your discussion with your healthcare professional.

The quotes presented on this Web site are representative and may not reflect actual patient experience.

Important Safety Information

Do not take ALTACE® during pregnancy, as death or injury to your unborn child may result. Do not take ALTACE® if you have experienced serious side effects related to previous ACE inhibitors.

Common side effects include persistent dry cough, dizziness, and light-headedness due to low blood pressure. Prescription ALTACE® is not for everyone. ALTACE® may cause swelling of the mouth, tongue, or throat, which could cause extremely serious risk and requires immediate medical care. There have been rare reports of low blood sugar in patients taking ALTACE® with medicine for diabetes. Please contact your healthcare professional if you have symptoms of low blood sugar such as sweating or shakiness.

Do NOT take ALTACE® if you are allergic to ALTACE® or other ACE inhibitors.

If you experience side effects that you think may be associated with ALTACE®, talk to your healthcare professional. DO NOT discontinue taking prescribed medication without letting your healthcare professional know.

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