is this better High blood pressure affects many areas of the body and can be extremely harmful to the heart. High blood pressure is a main reason for heart attacks. [...]
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My aunt had an agioplasty in which two blockages were found in her heart. She was told that neither was "fixed" because it would not make sense to remove the [...]
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We know that if a piece of plaque blocks one of the coronary arteries it can cause a heart attack. Why does however a factor here? Does it constrict the [...]
do your kidneys filter it out? my reason for asking is, wouldn’t routine periods of smoking, high sodium intake, and stress be preventative maintenance toward a large piece of plaque [...]
also if anyone wants to edit it or help me with a concluding sentence that can lead into how it causes heart failure High blood pressure affects many areas of [...]
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Special treatments to open up your arteries Once your heart attack is diagnosed, your treatment begins immediately — possibly right in the ambulance or emergency department. Medications>>>>>>>>>thrombolytic medications are used [...]
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People can have a high cholesterol level even if they have a healthy diet. true or false plaque, etc. develops in the center of the coronary arteries, not in the [...]
I have noticed a local hospital advertising a fairly inexpensive test to find heart disease early, before a person has a heart attack. To quote the advertisement: “The HEART TEST [...]
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My dad suffered a major heart attack in the last week of Aug 2008. He underwent angioplasty and was in hospital for almost 12 days. As per the doctor, it [...]
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I have recently recovered from a heart attack. The angiogram revealed three blocked arteries.By pass surgery is ruled out in view of my past medical history. Is there anything that [...]