Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary Artery Disease
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condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue.
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Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease, affecting about 13 million Americans.
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Risk factors for coronary artery disease include:
High blood pressure.
Smoking.
High LDL (low-density lipoprotein, "bad") cholesterol (greater than 130 mg/dL).
Low HDL (high-density lipoprotein, "good") cholesterol (less than 40 mg/dL).
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Coronary Artery Disease
What is coronary artery disease?
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a type of heart disease. Your heart gets oxygen and nutrients from the blood that flows through the coronary arteries.
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Coronary artery disease is the term commonly used to describe the buildup of fatty deposits and fibrous tissue (plaques) inside the arteries that supply blood to the heart (the coronary arteries). This buildup is called atherosclerosis.
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Diet for Coronary Artery Disease, Known As CAD (Heart Disease and Diet)
Diet for Coronary Heart Disease, Known As CHD (Heart Disease and Diet)
Dietary Cholesterol (Cholesterol)
Fast Foods
First Aid for Heart Attack
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Coronary artery disease; Arteriosclerotic heart disease; CHD; CAD
Symptoms:
The symptoms associated with coronary heart disease may be pronounced, but the disease can also exist withnoticeable symptoms.
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Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of heart attacks in the United States, accounting for more than half of all cardiovascular events in men and women under the age of 75. Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of coronary artery disease.
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Coronary artery disease including angina, and heart attacks
High blood pressure, blood clots, aneurysms, and strokes
Cancer (especially in the lung, mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, and cervix) ...
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Coronary artery disease
Definition:
Angina is a specific type of chest discomfort caused by inadequate blood flow through the blood vessels (coronary vessels) of the heart muscle (myocardium).
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Coronary Artery Disease Screening Tests - Source:MedicineNet
Electron Beam Computerized Tomography - Diagnosing Heart Disease: Electron Beam (Ultrafast) CT Source:WebMD Medical Reference from The Cleveland Clinic ...
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CAD (coronary artery disease) See Cardiology/Cardiovascular Operative Reports.
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Patients who have coronary artery disease may need to have that treated before having an EP study.
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Atherosclerosis in the arteries surrounding the heart -- coronary artery disease -- can make you short of breath. You may also feel chest pain, often called angina.
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Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease, and is one of the major causes of death worldwide.
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Hypertension can result in coronary artery disease, enlargement of the heart, or strokes.
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It may be used to detect a heart attack, heart muscle function, and coronary artery disease. The patient receives a radioactive tracer by injection (into a vein) and then the heart is imaged using a gamma camera.
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Atrial fibrillation may be a result of other heart problems, such as coronary artery disease, which can need treatment. When it's because of an overactive thyroid gland, treating the thyroid dysfunction will usually resolve the atrial fibrillation.
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One in 9 women between the ages of 45 and 64 has some form of cardiovascular disease, ranging from coronary artery disease to stroke or renal vascular disease.
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Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease, affects about 14 million men and women in the United States.
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People are at higher risk if they have a personal or family history of coronary artery disease (heart disease) or cerebrovascular disease (stroke), diabetes, smoking, hypertension, or kidney disease involving hemodialysis.
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For instance, one recent study showed that consuming higher levels of the vitamin helped prevent coronary artery disease, but another did not show this relationship.
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Abnormal heartbeat.
Disease of the heart muscle.
Congestive heart failure.
Increased risk of stroke, blood clots, and chest pains.
Tiring quickly during exercise.
Coronary artery disease (hardening of the heart arteries).
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Many physicians are recognizing that keeping blood cholesterol levels in normal ranges throughout one's lifetime may be of great benefit in reducing the likelihood of developing coronary artery disease and high blood pressure.
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Such groups would include those involved in long term corticosteroid or thyroxine users, early hysterectomy or oophorectomy patients, patients with coronary artery disease, diabetics and familial hyperlipidaemia cases.
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