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2. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), [13] is a type of heart disease involving the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to a build-up of atheromatous plaque in the arteries of the heart. [5] [6] [14] It is the most common of the cardiovascular diseases. [15]

3. Cardiovascular disease in women - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease in women is an integral area of research in the ongoing studies of women's health. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term for a wide range of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, including but not limited to, coronary artery disease, stroke, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarctions, and aortic aneurysms.

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Coronary Artery Disease. Coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease. It occurs when fatty deposits called plaques build up in your arteries ...

5. Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know About Their Risks ...

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   The most common cause of heart attacks is coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD is the most common type of cardiovascular disease in the United States, impacting roughly one in 20 adults aged 20 and ...

6. These Are the 4 Stages of Heart Failure - AOL

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   Stage A Defined as: At high risk for heart failure but without structural heart disease (defects in the heart from aging, injury, infection, or heart defect at birth), or symptoms of heart failure.

7. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...

8. How to protect heart health at menopause: 3 experts advise - AOL

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   “Estrogen replacement, if initiated within 10 years of menopause, is associated with a reduction in the progression of atherosclerosis and reduced risk of death from heart disease (and reduced ...

9. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   Myocardial infarction is a common presentation of coronary artery disease. The World Health Organization estimated in 2004, that 12.2% of worldwide deaths were from ischemic heart disease; [146] with it being the leading cause of death in high- or middle-income countries and second only to lower respiratory infections in lower-income countries ...