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  2. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    It can relieve chest pain caused by CAD, slow the progression of CAD, and increase life expectancy. It aims to bypass narrowings in heart arteries by using arteries or veins harvested from other parts of the body, thus restoring adequate blood supply to the previously ischemic (deprived of blood) heart. There are two main approaches.

  3. Cardiology - Wikipedia

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    [36] [37] In those with stable CAD it is unclear if PCI or CABG in addition to the other treatments improve life expectancy or decreases heart attack risk. [38] In 2013 CAD was the most common cause of death globally, resulting in 8.14 million deaths (16.8%) up from 5.74 million deaths (12%) in 1990. [26]

  4. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    The worsened heart function then persists at a stable state until the heart rate is returned to normal. [1] With normal heart rates, these animals begin to demonstrate improving heart function at 1–2 days, and even complete recovery of ejection fraction at 1 month. [1]

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

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    A heart attack is a medical emergency that can be life-threatening. In a 2019 study of older adults in the United States, researchers estimated that about 12% of people hospitalized for a heart ...

  6. Ventricular fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver. [2] It is due to disorganized electrical activity. [2] Ventricular fibrillation results in cardiac arrest with loss of consciousness and no pulse. [1]

  7. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Unfortunately, for patients that require heart transplants, cardiomyopathy due to alcoholism has the lowest post-heart transplant survival out of all causes of cardiomyopathy. [11] Per one study that compared 224 alcoholic cardiomyopathy patients to over 60,000 non-alcoholic cardiomyopathy patients, survival post heart transplant was less at 1 ...

  8. Life expectancy in the US is forecast to grow slightly, but ...

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    Life expectancy in the U.S. is projected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 79.9 years in 2035 and to 80.4 years in 2050 for all sexes combined, researchers said.

  9. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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    [10] [23] In those with stable CAD it is unclear if PCI or CABG in addition to the other treatments improves life expectancy or decreases heart attack risk. [24] In 2015, CAD affected 110 million people and resulted in 8.9 million deaths. [11] [12] It makes up 15.6% of all deaths, making it the most common cause of death globally. [12]