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2. Coronary occlusion - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms include chest pain or angina, shortness of breath, and fatigue. [6]A completely blocked coronary artery will cause a heart attack. [6] Common heart attack symptoms include chest pain or angina, pain or discomfort that spreads to the shoulder, arm, back, neck jaw, teeth or the upper belly, cold sweats, fatigue, heartburn, nausea, shortness of breath, or lightheadedness.

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

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   Stenosis causes your heart valves to narrow or harden, limiting blood flow and putting extra stress on the heart muscle because it needs to squeeze harder to move blood forward. Regurgitation or ...

4. Glomerulus (kidney) - Wikipedia

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   The glomerulus receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal arterial circulation. Unlike most capillary beds, the glomerular capillaries exit into efferent arterioles rather than venules. The resistance of the efferent arterioles causes sufficient hydrostatic pressure within the glomerulus to provide the force for ...

5. What are cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure? - AOL

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   Heart disease is a leading killer around the world and the top cause of death in the United States. It killed an estimated 17.9 million people in 2019, representing 32% of all deaths globally ...

6. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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   If blood flow through the coronary arteries is stopped completely, cardiac muscle cells may die, known as a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. [9] Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of coronary ischemia. [7] Coronary ischemia and coronary artery disease are contributors to the development of heart failure over time. [10]

7. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Common causes of heart failure include coronary artery disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, excessive alcohol consumption, infection, and cardiomyopathy. [4] [6] These cause heart failure by altering the structure or the function of the heart or in some cases both. [6]

8. Coronary thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Coronary thrombosis and myocardial infarction are sometimes used as synonyms, although this is technically inaccurate as the thrombosis refers to the blocking of blood vessels with a thrombus, while myocardial infarction refers to heart tissue death due to the consequent loss of blood flow to the heart. Due to extensive collateral circulation ...

9. What Causes Heart Disease? 9 Things Doctors Need You to ... - AOL

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   You wear a seat belt and drive carefully to avoid accidents, you stock up on antioxidant-laden foods to prevent cancer, but you might not realize all the things you should be doing to fight the No ...