The most common type of heart disease is coronary heart disease (coronary heart disease), also called coronary artery disease. ... The word coronary means crown, and it is the name given to the arteries that circle the heart like a crown. The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients. Coronary heart disease develops when one or more coronary arteries that supply the heart become narrower then they used to be. ... In coronary heart disease regression trails, patients with a predominance of small LDL, and/or a reduction in small LDL have been linked to improvement in...

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(C.A., P.63) Here is another heart disease one should know about it is Coronary Artery Disease when there is a blockage within a coronary artery; the underlying heart muscle is deprived of oxygen and other vital nutrients. ... (C.A., P.66) When clots form in one of the arteries that supply the heart muscle blood, if this occurs when the blood supply is decreased the heart can have contractions in the coronary artery. ... There is a major surgery procedure where you open the chest surgically and operate on the heart itself called coronary artery bypass. ... This surgery takes away the problem o...

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(C.A., P.63) Here is another heart disease one should know about it is Coronary Artery Disease when there is a blockage within a coronary artery; the underlying heart muscle is deprived of oxygen and other vital nutrients. ... (C.A., P.66) When clots form in one of the arteries that supply the heart muscle blood, if this occurs when the blood supply is decreased the heart can have contractions in the coronary artery. ... There is a major surgery procedure where you open the chest surgically and operate on the heart itself called coronary artery bypass. ... This surgery takes away the problem o...

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This happens when the supply of blood to the heart muscle is reduced, from a blocked artery, or stopped. Heart attacks are usually caused by severe coronary artery disease or by blood clots. This blocks an artery from supplying oxygen-rich blood to part of the heart. ... After having the heart attack some people need close monitoring, electric shock, drug therapy, re-vascularization procedures, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery. ...

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People with hypertension are also at risk for coronary artery disease, heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease. ... There would be no more traces of hypertension or obesity, which would mean a less of a risk for heart attacks, strokes and coronary diseases. ...

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A PDA is an abnormal opening between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. ... Soooo, the aorta is where the pulmonary artery should be, and the pulmonary artery is where the aorta should be. ... Such patients may often have coronary artery disease, and the sudden death may be associated with an acute ischemic event, including myocardial infarction or angina, but it may also occur in the absence of myocardial ischemia. ...

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Studies indicate that constant, routine, exercise helps to keep the arteries elastic, the blood flowing, and blood pressure low. Healthy heart muscles and their ease in pumping the heart, prevents many people from heart disease, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and even heart failure. ...

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Abstract The topic for this paper is about High Blood Pressure. Let's discuss what High Blood Pressure is, The Statistics for the people who suffer from High Blood Pressure or Hypertension, The different treatments for it, how someone can try preventing from getting High Blood Pressure, and how it c...

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Arrhythmias Introduction Nearly everyone has felt their heart "skip a beat" or beat too slowly. Occasional heart palpitations are common and harmless, and can be caused by anything alcohol to staying up too late. These kind of palpitations don't require medical treatment, but recur...

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Not only does cortisol weaken the immune system, but studies have also linked high levels of cortisol with other diseases such as AIDS, MS (multiple sclerosis), diabetes, cancer, coronary artery disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's (Lewis qtd. in Tennant). ...

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