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2. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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

3. Cardiac arrest - Wikipedia

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   Deaths. > 425,000 per year (U.S.) [10] Cardiac arrest, also known as sudden cardiac arrest, is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. [11][1] As a result, blood cannot properly circulate around the body and there is diminished blood flow to the brain and other organs. When the brain does not receive enough blood, this can cause ...

4. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pain caused by CAD, slow the progression of CAD, and increase life expectancy.

5. 'I Almost Died of a Severe Artery Blockage—This Is the Sign ...

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   The Severe Artery Block Sign That Saved One Man's Life. Mark Vallery, 69, of Orlando, Florida, says he didn't experience symptoms of artery blockage until February of 2024. It was only then that ...

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

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   For example, heart attack symptoms in women can look different from heart attack symptoms in men. The Office on Women’s Health notes that women are more likely than men to have the following ...

7. Carotid artery stenosis - Wikipedia

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   The internal carotid artery supplies the brain. Plaque often builds up at that division and causes a narrowing (stenosis). Pieces of plaque can break off and block the small arteries above in the brain, which causes a stroke. Plaque can also build up at the origin of the carotid artery at the aorta. [citation needed]

8. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   ICD-9-CM. 36.06. [edit on Wikidata] A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES).

9. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream to the heart muscle. A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs ...