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2. Can Congestive Heart Failure Be Reversed? - AOL

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   Congestive heart failure (CHF) occurs when the heart has trouble pumping blood the way it should, often due to damage, inflammation, or weakness in the heart muscle. There is no known cure for CHF ...

3. Quitting Smoking Cuts Heart Attack Risk by Nearly 50%, Study ...

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   Takeaway. In a new study, researchers say people with coronary artery disease who stop smoking can lower their risk of heart attack or other major cardiovascular event by 44%, no matter when they ...

4. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...

5. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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   A person's increased risk of contracting disease is related to the length of time that a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked. However, even smoking one cigarette a day raises the risk of coronary heart disease by about 50% or more, and for stroke by about 30%. Smoking 20 cigarettes a day entails a higher risk, but not ...

6. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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   Coronary ischemia, myocardial ischemia, [1] or cardiac ischemia, [2] is a medical term for abnormally reduced blood flow in the coronary circulation through the coronary arteries. [3] Coronary ischemia is linked to heart disease, and heart attacks. [4] Coronary arteries deliver oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. [5]

7. Leading a healthier lifestyle can help offset genetic heart ...

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   The researchers found that the high genetic risk group had a 14.7-fold risk reduction in incidences of early-onset coronary artery disease, a 2.5-fold risk reduction in early-onset ischemic stroke ...