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| | Medical Breakthroughs - Learn More About Diabetes |
 | | The first symptom is usually angina pectoris (chest pain) or heart attack. | | | This clogging causes a myriad of heart problems from angina pectoris (chest pain) to heart failure to a heart attack. | | | Angina pectoris is discomfort or pain in the chest, typically, brought on by exertion and relieved by rest. |
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| | Coronary heart disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart An interactive website on the development and function of the cardiovascular system and cardiovascular diseases and consequences. | | | These streaks represent the early stage of atherosclerotic heart disease and do not obstruct the flow of blood. | | | Risk factor management is carried out during cardiac rehabilitation, a 4-phase process beginning in hospital after MI, angioplasty or heart surgery and continuing for a minimum of three months. |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | However, heart disease is both preventable and treatable; and as doctors learn more about what causes the problem, it is becoming increasingly apparent that there is much that you can do to prevent it from ever occurring. | | | Gradually, doctors are becoming better informed about the dangers to women from heart disease, so that they are less likely to attribute chest pain to anxiety or other non-heart-related problems. | | | It's a stereotype that has been reinforced by the media and by the medical profession itself, which in the past has focused much of its research into heart disease on this type of patient. |
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| | Depression and Heart Disease |
| | The part of the heart that does not receive oxygen begins to die, and some of the heart muscle may be permanently damaged. | | | The pain is usually felt in the chest or sometimes in the left arm and shoulder. | | | These interventions may help promote adherence and behavior change that may increase the impact of available pharmacological and behavioral approaches to both diseases. |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | This disease includes a variety of problems, including high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, chest pain, heart attacks, and strokes. | | | Cardiovascular disease is a group of problems that occur when the heart and blood vessels aren't working the way they should. | | | Angina (say: an-jy-nuh): People with angina feel a pain in the chest that means the heart isn't getting enough blood. |
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| | Valve Disease - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center |
| | Your heart tries to make up for this by working harder, but with time your heart will become enlarged (dilated) and less able to pump blood through your body. | | | Patients with mechanical heart valves will need to take blood-thinning medicines for the rest of their lives. | | | This means that surgeons use a heart-lung machine, because the heart must stop beating for a short time during surgery. |
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| | Heart disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Some believe heart disease is preventable, can be successfully treated by means of natural healing methods, and that natural healing is safer than drugs, surgery, and chemical treatments. | | | Many natural healing practitioners find when heart disease is present, toxemia is also present. | | | The study of the heart, and of diseases of the heart, is cardiology. |
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| | HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
| | Heart failure means that the heart is not able to pump blood through the body as well as it should. | | | As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. | | | The heart muscle becomes stiff and cannot fill with blood, causing fluid to buildup (most often in the feet, ankles, and legs) and lung congestion. |
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| | Care For Animals: Pet Health |
| | But you must remember that keeping your dog's heart healthy is one of your responsibilities. | | | Unfortunately, no dog, or breed of dog, is immune to heartworm disease. | | | A major threat to your dog's health is heart failure. |
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| | Heart Disease [HomeVet© Natural Pet Care] |
| | Because the heart is not pumping effectively, blood may back up in the heart, lungs, or other organs. | | | Although there is no cure for heart failure, new treatments are helping dogs enjoy longer life with better quality. | | | Oxygen-rich blood returns from the lungs to the left side of the heart and is pumped out, delivering oxygen to all the body's tissues. |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | First of all, when someone has a spinal cord injury, not only are the signs of heart problems often harder to detect, but many of the tests we do have for detecting those problems and evaluating your heart's health don't work as well in people with spinal cord injuries. | | | Another big symptom of heart problems is chest pain. | | | It is difficult to accurately test for heart disease in spinal cord injury, but it is not impossible. |
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| | HEART DISEASE |
| | Given a cardiomyopathy, subclassify it as dilated ("flabby heart"), hypertrophic ("muscle-bound heart"), or restrictive-infiltrative-obliterative (i.e., amyloid, "stiff heart"). | | | She was given a baboon's heart by a surgeon interested in "independent scientific thought". | | | It's now painfully clear that a person's successful return to near-normal living after a heart attack is largely a function of his or her knowledge about the disease. |
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| | Cforyourself: Heart Disease & Vitamin C |
| | This can include the minimization of angina (heart pain), cramps, and even have a positive effect on senility, which is very-much circulation related. | | | Blood flow to that section of heart muscle is cut off and the starvation of oxygen is the heart attack. | | | Marked improvement occurred in 91% and good improvement occurred in 8% of treated patients with peripheral vascular disease and intermittent claudication. |
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| | Howstuffworks "How Heart Disease Works" |
| | In this article we will discuss various heart diseases and how they can lead to a heart attack, or even a stroke. | | | Knowing something about the anatomy and functioning of the heart, in particular how angina and heart attacks work, will enable you to make informed decisions about your health. | | | Reading these two articles prior to reading this one will give you the background you need on the anatomy and functioning of the heart. |
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| | Medical College of Wisconsin Healthlink Topics: Cardiac/Heart |
| | Dramatic changes and emphasis on chest compressions highlight the new American Heart Association CPR Guidelines. | | | The precise roots of cardiomyopathy are still unclear after decades of medical advances, says Dr. Bill Choi, and the hereditary nature of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy continues to perplex and fascinate researchers. | | | In a study conducted by Harvey Woehlck, MD, people who smoked within 24 hours of surgery had more markers of restricted blood flow to the heart than those who did not smoke. |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | Occasionally, the heart disease is so severe that doctors decide that surgery is necessary. | | | Hopefully, you'll decide to follow the recommended healthy heart habits. | | | What happens if you ignore the recommended healthy heart habits? |
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| | Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease; Cause & Prevention |
| | [homo-cysteine + response-to-LDL-retention theories: CVD as a 'sulfur disease'. | | | Why not consider if such condition can be linked to a low intakes of such oils. | | | they cut energy to nerves, muscle and heart by lowering |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | When the heart muscle does not get enough oxygenated blood to meet its demands, it experiences a hunger for more oxygen. This hunger is felt by the patient as a painful tightening, pressure, or fullness in the chest which we term "angina pectoris". | | | The heart muscle must rely on the arteries on the surface of the heart to nourish it and keep it working properly. | | | Cardiac catheterization is also useful in diagnosing other disorders of the heart such as defective heart valves, muscle disease and other problems of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | Diseases affecting the heart may be structural or functional. | | | Four heart valves regulate the direction and flow of blood through the heart. | | | Heart disease is a general term that refers to a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions that affect one or more of the components of the heart. |
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| | Connection Between Gum Disease, Heart Disease, and Stroke |
| | Additional studies have pointed to a relationship between periodontal disease and stroke. | | | Additional studies have pointed to a relationship between periodontal disease and stroke... | | | Periodontal disease can also exacerbate existing heart conditions. |
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| | American Heart Association |
| | Protect your heart by learning how conditions and diseases affect it. | | | Get credible information on your heart condition in just 20 minutes. | | | Speedy angioplasty urged for more heart attack patients |
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| | Doctorsforadults.com: Heart Disease |
| | For more information about heart disease, view the following video news reports from the American College of Physicians' award-winning Internal Medicine Report series based on new clinical research from Annals of Internal Medicine: | | | Microalbuminuria Increases Risk for Heart Attacks and Strokes | | | More information can be found in the following research studies from Annals of Internal Medicine, the leading peer-reviewed |
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| | Heart Disease |
| | All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care provider. | | | DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions. | | | NOAH > Heart and Blood > Heart Disease |
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| | CHD Explained |
| | If not enough oxygen-carrying blood reaches the heart, you may experience chest pain called angina. | | | Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that occurs naturally in all parts of the body and that your body needs to function normally. | | | It is present in cell walls or membranes everywhere in the body, including the brain, nerves, muscle, skin, liver, intestines, and heart. |
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| | Heart attack prevention information on MedicineNet.com |
| | Coronary atherosclerosis, and hence heart attacks, are preventable. | | | Heart attacks are also a significant cause of heart failure (due to weakened heart muscle) in this country. | | | The following is a comprehensive review of the causes of atherosclerosis and heart attacks, and the means for their treatment and prevention. |
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| | Coronary Artery Disease - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Please consult your healthcare provider with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition. | | | As many as 50 percent of patients, however, have no symptoms until a heart attack occurs. | | | Conditions and Diseases Procedures and Tests Drugs and Medications Prevention and Wellness |
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| | Heart Disease Center - MayoClinic.com |
| | Mayo Clinic cardiologist Martha Grogan, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers. | | | Explore heart disease treatments for specific types of heart disease. | | | The basics of heart disease, how heart disease is diagnosed, heart disease screening tests, heart disease risk factors and heart disease prevention. |
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| | Congenital Heart Information Network |
| | The “Never Apart Heart” designer pendant integrates the initials TCHIN within two hearts: one for you, and one for your loved one. | | | Become a part of our dynamic international community of health professionals, families, and individuals affected by Congenital Heart Defects and Childhood Onset Heart Disease. | | | C.H.I.N. is an international organization that provides reliable information, support services and resources to families of children with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, adults with congenital heart defects, and the professionals who work with them. |
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| | Finding a reversal of heart disease - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's ... |
| | Big ones are treated with angioplasty to flatten them or surgery to bypass them, but doctors have long sought a less drastic solution. | | | Two-thirds of the 349 study participants had regression of heart artery buildups when they took the maximum dose of Crestor, the strongest of the cholesterol-lowering statin drugs on the market. | | | The aim was to see whether people who already had heart disease, not just high cholesterol, could turn back the clock. |
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| | Use the search tool at the top of the screen to learn about everything from heart surgery and heart doctors to valve disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. | | | Research Finds Intensive Statin Therapy Can Reverse Coronary Artery Disease | | | New for women: What you should know if you have symptoms of heart disease or your doctor orders a stress test |
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| | The Heart Truth: A Campaign About Heart Disease in Women, DHHS, NIH, NHLBI |
| | Please send us your feedback, comments, and questions | | | The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) created and launched the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease to inspire women to take action to protect their heart health. | | | The Red Dress Pin—the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. |
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| | BBC - Health - Conditions - Heart disease |
| | BBC - Health - Conditions - Heart disease | | | Find out about coronary heart disease, its causes and treatments, and how to reduce your risk. | | | However medical advances mean that having heart disease is no longer a death sentence. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Heart disease |
| | Heart disease is any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally. | | | The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart itself. | | | Some heart diseases can be present at birth (congenital heart diseases). |
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| | N C H S - FASTATS - Heart Disease |
| | Number of current patients with heart disease as primary | | | Percent of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 11 (2000) | | | Percent of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 12.8 (2000) |
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| | Imaginis - Heart Disease |
| | However, deaths from coronary artery disease and other heart diseases continue to decline, due to improved treatment options and advances in drug therapies that lower cholesterol, high blood pressure, and so forth. | | | This section discusses prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation for several different heart diseases. | | | Seek immediate medical attention if your condition is urgent. |
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| | coronary heart disease - Columbia Encyclopedia article about coronary heart disease |
| | coronary heart disease: see coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | Coronary artery disease is the most common underlying cause of cardiovascular disability and death. |
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| | British Heart Foundation (BHF) |
| | Are claims that dark chocolate benefits heart health over-egged this Easter? | | | Read how Hannah Clark became first UK transplant patient to have her original heart restarted | | | Can you support Help a Heart Week 2006? |
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| | Courtesy of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
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| | Heart Disease - myDNA |
| | A large study confirms that workers who have significant stress have a higher incidence of factors which lead to heart disease. | | | Erectile Dysfunction: An Indicator of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes | | | A study shows that high HDL (good) cholesterol beats low LDL (bad) cholesterol for heart health. |
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