| Angina
Angina (anne-JIE-nah) is a painful discomfort that occurs when the muscular wall of the heart becomes temporarily short of oxygen. Coronary (Kore-roe-nare-ree) arteries fail to supply sufficient oxygen to the heart muscle, often resulting from coronary artery disease and high blood pressure.
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| Congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure isn't a heart attack, but is the result of damage to the heart muscle often arising from a heart attack, high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, hardening of the arteries, rheumatic fever, or high blood pressure in the lungs resulting from lung disease.
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| Coronary angioplasty
If you've been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, which is a blocking of one or more of the arteries that nourish the heart, your doctor may recommend coronary angioplasty (an-jee-o-plass-tee).
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| Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease is the progressive narrowing of the coronary arteries, usually due to a build up of fatty plaques along the vessel walls. It's the most common cause of heart disease in the United States.
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| Coronary bypass surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery is performed on people suffering from severe coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is the result of fatty build-ups on the inside of the arteries that lead to the heart.
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| Effective treatment of varicose veins
Varicose veins are twisted, bulging, blue veins, occuring most often in the legs. The condition is a result of valves which no longer work properly, allowing blood to flow backward, instead of returning to the heart.
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| Heart attack risk factors
Your lifestyle may include certain habits or conditions that tend to increase your chance of having a heart attack. These habits or conditions are known as risk factors.
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| Heart attacks
The most common type of heart attack is caused by a blockage of one of the coronary(KORE-oh-nair-ree) arteries by a blood clot. This cuts off the blood supply to the region of the heart muscle served by the artery, damaging or killing the deprived tissue.
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| High blood pressure
High blood pressure or hypertension (hi-per-TEN-shun) is a condition in which the arteries constrict and cause the heart to pump harder in order to distribute the blood to the body.
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| Problems with circulation
The circulatory, or cardiovascular (kard-ee-oh-VAS-kyew-ler), system consists of the heart and blood vessels that pump and circulate blood throughout the body.
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| Varicose veins
Varicose (vara-KOSE) veins are swollen, bluish (BLUE-ish) veins that occur primarily in the lower legs. They're caused by a weakness in the walls and valves of the veins which allow blood that's being returned to the heart to flow back into the veins.
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