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Abstract "An exploratory study to assess the knowledge regarding risk factors of heart attack and its prevention among patients in selected hospitals of Ludhiana , Punjab". The objectives were to assess the knowledge regarding regarding risk factors of heart attack and its prevention among patients, to find out the relationship between knowledge and selected demographic variables such as age in years, gender, marital status, type of family, educational status of the patients, occupational status of the patient, dietary pattern, area ofresidence, family monthly income and source of information and to develop and distribute an informational booklet on risk factors of Heart attack and its prevention among patients in selected hospital of Moga, Punjab. Review of literature will be categorized under the following heading Literature related to prevalence regarding risk factors of Heart attack, Literature related to risk factors of Heart attack and Literature related to knowledge and prevention regarding risk factors of Heart attack. The study was conducted in Dayanand Medical College Hospital Hero Heart Ludhiana , Punjab. The target population for the study was patients who were attending outpatient department in the hospital . Patients were selected by systematic random sampling method of probability sampling technique. Sample size was 100 Patient. According to level of knowledge maximum patients 93% had average knowledge score followed by 2% had good knowledge and 5% patients had below average knowledge regarding risk factors of heart attack and its prevention among patients