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    The heart disease takes countless of lives around the world every year ("Heart Disease"). Therefore, the heart disease is something that needs to be controlled. In the past, the number of people diagnosed with heart diseases is increasing. For this reason, the doctors need a solution that can detect these heart diseases. During the time, it was challenging for doctors then to determine whether one has a heart disease ("Heart Disease"). Moreover, finding a solution is important because these heart

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    Risks for Heart Disease

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    generations of the family. Some of these risk factors that families have could be diseases or cancers that can unfortunately take one’s life to soon because it attacks their body a certain way and causes it to shut down. But, many families could possibly overcome these risk factors they may have by changing their life styles and not following in the steps of earlier generations. My family risk factor, heart disease, will be discussed through the risk factor, how life style might play a role in the

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    Ischaemic Heart Disease

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    Ischaemic heart disease is one of the most commonly encountered systemic diseases in dental practice in the general population. Ischemic heart disease is characterized by a reduction (partial or total) in coronary blood flow. In 90% of all cases this occurs following thrombus formation secondary to an atheroma plaque that occludes the arterial lumen, though other factors such as cold, physical exercise or stress can act as co adjuvant factors or (less frequently) trigger the event themselves. Angina

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    Heart Disease is a common term we hear a lot in today’s society. Is it because more people are having heart trouble? Is it the way they are eating? Or simply is just because it is apart of the American lifestyle? Heart Disease is a term that was shortened from Cardiovascular Disease. Cardiovascular Disease or “Heart Disease” is known as a “range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, which are classified as coronary artery

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    Smoking and Heart Disease

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    survive these heart attacks should count themselves extremely

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    Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. However, there are certain things that can damage your heart and cause the heart muscle and tissue to die. Heart disease is one of the main causes. There are many different types of heart disease, but one that happens most often is coronary artery disease (https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov). This happens when there is a block in the coronary arteries, which are spider leg-like blood vessels that cause the cardiac cells to quit receiving oxygen

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    “Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects you're born with (congenital heart defects), among others”. (1) Many people will either use the term cardiovascular disease or heart disease to describe a cardiovascular disease. "Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood

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    Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a type of cardiovascular disease that may be referred to by several other names such as: coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, atherosclerosis, or simply heart disease, and is a pathological condition where plaque (a waxy substance) has accumulated over time in the coronary arteries and has built up to the point where it reduces oxygenated blood flow to the heart (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2016). CHD is responsible for the highest mortality

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    Oklahoma Heart Disease

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    Heart disease is known widely all over the world. It is the number one cause of death in the United States, especially in the state of Oklahoma. Even though America is counted as one of the most developed countries in the world, it is still facing an issue of finding a cure for these deadly diseases. However there can be solutions that can be implemented and used. Including raising taxes on unhealthy food and building sidewalks and tracks. In Oklahoma, the top causes of death are heart diseases

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    Congestive Heart Disease

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    types of diseases of the heart. However, no matter what these diseases are – congestive heart failure (CHF), heart attack, coronary artery disease (CAD), or any others – they still have similarities when it comes to their warning signs and symptoms. The symptoms of heart problems are very important because it will tell you that something is wrong, and there is something that you need to consult with your doctor about. If you properly recognize the signs and symptoms that may indicate a heart problem

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