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Health Encyclopedia: Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
Over 13 million Americans have had angina, a heart attack, or both. Each year, an estimated 1.2 million people will experience a serious heart event. About 25% of all Americans have one or more risk factors for heart disease. Most risk factors for heart disease are related to lifestyle and environmental factors.
Over the past decades, heart disease rates declined in both men and women as they quit smoking and improved dietary habits. This rate, however, has stabilized in recent years,...
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Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
...or swelling (at the point of the most gravity, feet or the back if lying down) or weight gain. While chest pain may occur with this syndrome it is not a necessary component. These symptoms often... Read more »Stress: Complications
...responsible for some cases of acute stress that have been associated with a higher risk for serious heart problems. These problems include heart rhythm abnormalities and heart attacks, and even... Read more »Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
Why do you need bypass surgery? If you are suffering chest pain or other symptoms that may indicate a cardiovascular problem, your doctor will likely want you to undergo an angiogram (cardiac... Read more »Sinusitis: Prevention
...can thicken the blood and may increase the risk for respiratory infections and even circulatory and heart problems. (This danger does not appear to affect people under 55 years of age.)Dietary... Read more »Stress Test: When are Stress Tests Necessary?
...for many reasons. By far the most common use is to assess the cause for a patient complaint such as chest pain or shortness of breath on exertion. Additional appropriate uses of stress tests occur... Read more »Images
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...infiltrates, acute respiratory distress syndrome) or heart problems (e.g., heart attack,... Read more »
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