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2. 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 ...

3. The Surprising Habit That Leads to Plaque Buildup in Your ...

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   This includes a coronary artery calcium score (a low-dose CAT scan of the heart that looks for calcium deposits in the arteries, which is a sign of plaque buildup), a coronary CTA (an imaging test ...

4. The One Thing That Actually Reduces Plaque Buildup In Your ...

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   However, plaque can also refer to something that can build up in the arteries, and it's way different than what your dentist cleans off a couple of times per year.

5. Coronary arteries - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery disease (CAD) or ischemic heart disease are the terms used to describe narrowing of the coronary arteries. [8] As the disease progresses, plaque buildup can partially block blood flow to the heart muscle. Without enough blood supply , the heart is unable to work properly, especially under increased stress.

6. 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]

7. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   The animation shows plaque buildup or a coronary artery spasm can lead to a heart attack and how blocked blood flow in a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack. The most common cause of a myocardial infarction is the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque on an artery supplying heart muscle.