Heart attacks can be prevented, yet millions of people in the western world increase their risk of having a heart attack by some things they do every day. Lifestyle can contribute to, or prevent, a heart attack. The first step you can take to reduce your chance for having a heart attack is to stop unhealthy habits that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. To do this, you must know the risk factors that are promoting your risk of getting it.
There are many different processes that cancause carotid artery disease, but by far themost overwhelmingly common is atherosclerosis,which is the same kind of biologic processthat affects heart arteries, or might affectleg arteries, or other...
I’ve performed over 1600 carotid andarteritic procedures at Johns Hopkins overthe years, but without question the mostrewarding and gratifying part ofmy practice in terms of carotid disease,is reassuring patients that theydon’t need an operation...
>> So stenosis represents. . . if you picture a pipe that’ssupplying blood or water,stenosis is the build up thatoccurs in that artery over time,much like when you callthe plumber in to clog,declog the...
On screen text: Sunnybrook logo. Title: Drano for Your Heart, Schulich Heart Centre. On screen text: Monday, November 28, 2010. Monica Matys : John Balkwill is no stranger to hospitals,he’s had multiple stents and...
The symptoms ofarterial blockagediffers depending onwhere the blockage is. Any– like, forexample, if thereis a blockage in theblood supply to the heart,and then people tend to havechest pain, very intense chestpains. Or sometimes it...
Heart disease is a very broad term. I think most people who think of heart diseasethink ofheart attacks or coronary artery disease,and that certainly is the most common formof heart disease. But it’s certainly...
I think most of us know what the heart does in our body. It pumps the blood and in particular it takes in the blood from the rest of the body. That is blue...
What is Blood Pressure?As blood circulatesthrough your body,it exerts pressure againstthe walls of your arteries. That pressure is whatis measured with ablood pressure device. Blood Pressure ismeasured by two numbers. The top number is...
– So we know that coronary artery diseaseis when you get thisbuild up of fatty plaquesin different places inyour coronary circulation,so, for example, I’m drawingin bits of this plaque, right?So bits of this atherosclerotic...
We know now the people who have regularsleep are less likely to have coronarydisease and we recommend that peoplesleep at least seven hours ideally eightto nine hours a day. Snoring can be asign that...
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