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To understand coronary artery disease (CAD), you need to know how your heart works. Your heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout your body.To work right, your heart needs a steady supply of oxygen. It gets this oxygen from blood supplied by ...
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Coronary artery disease, also called coronary heart disease,is primarily caused by atherosclerosis, a process in which a substance called plaque builds up on the inner walls of the arteries. When the buildup occurs in the coronary arteries, the ar...
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Heart failure. A condition in which the heart can't pump blood effectively. Also called congestive heart failure.;Systolic heart failure. A type of heart failure in which the heart doesn't beat forcefully enough to pump enough blood into circulati...
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A risk factor is something that increases your chance of having heart disease. Heart disease (also called coronary artery disease) involves damage to arteries, blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood through your body. Things like smoking or un...
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If your father or mother has heart disease, that doesn't mean you will automatically develop it, too. It's true that you are more likely to get it than someone who does not have a family history of heart disease, but you can take steps to try to p...
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Your heart is a pumping muscle that works nonstop to keep your body supplied with oxygen-rich blood. Signals from the heart's electrical system set the speed and pattern of the pump's rhythm. Valves keep the blood moving in one direction, through ...
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Nonstop flow of blood from the heart to the body and back to the heart again is called circulation. Blood vessels are hollow muscular tubes that carry blood throughout your body, much like pipes circulate water in your home.
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The heart has a special system that creates and sends electrical signals. First, signals tell the atria (singular: atrium) to squeeze. This moves blood to the ventricles. Next, signals tell the ventricles to squeeze. This moves blood to the lungs ...
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Your heart has the gargantuan task of pushing blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels. Still, it may come as a surprise to learn that your heart doesn't do the job alone. It gets an important assist from your body's other muscles, especially t...
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Driving to work every day, you may hear the radio traffic person talking about another clogged artery in the far-flung road system. But no mere highway grid can rival your body's own transport plan -- the cardiovascular system -- for sheer flexibi...
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Moderate exercise for 30 to 60 minutes on most days is good for your heart -- and your overall health. That's why knowing your target heart rate is so important. Reduce the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke;Control y...
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To receive the best care for heart failure, talking frankly with your health care team is a good place to start. It's also helpful to know about a resource published by health experts that outlines treatment plans recommended for patients with chr...
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Diuretic. A medication that helps the body get rid of extra fluid and salt by producing more urine. Sometimes called "water pills," diuretics reduce fluid buildup in the lungs and swelling in the feet and ankles.
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It's great if you can keep your heart healthy—by not smoking, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular physical activity. What should you know about the procedure? Stenosis: The valve doesn't open wide enough to allow the proper amount of blood ...
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