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2. 5 things that put your heart health at risk - AOL

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   “Heart health is heavily influenced by many modifiable risk factors, and several of these risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes are related to an individual ...

3. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque ... - AOL

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   The following are some of the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis. Non-Modifiable Risk Factors. Non-modifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis include: Increasing age ...

4. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Some of these risk factors, such as age, sex or family history/genetic predisposition, are immutable; however, many important cardiovascular risk factors are modifiable by lifestyle change, social change, drug treatment (for example prevention of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes). [24]

5. Atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Up to 90% of cardiovascular disease may be preventable if established risk factors are avoided. [87] [88] Medical management of atherosclerosis first involves modification to risk factors–for example, via smoking cessation and diet restrictions. Prevention is generally by eating a healthy diet, exercising, not smoking, and maintaining a ...

6. The #1 Habit to Start for Better Blood Pressure, According to ...

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   Yet, it’s a major modifiable risk factor for coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, chronic kidney disease and dementia, notes Sean Kotkin, M.D., a preventative cardiologist at Mount ...

7. 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.

8. Framingham Risk Score - Wikipedia

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   An individual's risk for future cardiovascular events is modifiable, by lifestyle changes and preventive medical treatment. Lifestyle changes can include stopping smoking, healthy diet, regular exercise, etc. Preventive medical treatment can include a statin, mini dose aspirin, treatment for hypertension, etc. It is important to be able to ...

9. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   Many risk factors for myocardial infarction are potentially modifiable, with the most important being tobacco smoking (including secondhand smoke). [16] Smoking appears to be the cause of about 36% and obesity the cause of 20% of coronary artery disease. [47] Lack of physical activity has been linked to 7–12% of cases.