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  2. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.

  3. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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    Myocardial infarction; Other names: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack: A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream to the heart muscle.

  4. What are cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure? - AOL

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    Heart disease is a leading killer around the world and the top cause of death in the United States. It killed an estimated 17.9 million people in 2019, representing 32% of all deaths globally ...

  5. Category:Deaths from heart disease - Wikipedia

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    Deaths from congestive heart failure (253 P) Deaths from coronary artery disease (87 P) Deaths from coronary thrombosis (113 P) E. Deaths from endocarditis (38 P) M.

  6. 3 Surprising 'Mini Heart Attack' Symptoms Most People Miss - AOL

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    Of the estimated 805,000 heart attacks each year in the U.S., a projected 170,000 of them are silent heart attacks, according to statistics from the American Heart Association,” Dr. Mehta says.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Friends, family may protect against heart attack, stroke and ...

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    The Cambridge team and scientists at Fudan University, China, examined the "proteomes," or the suite of proteins, in blood samples donated by more than 42,000 British adults aged 40 to 69.

  9. Seven Countries Study - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Countries Study suggested that the risk and rates of heart attack and stroke (CVR), both at the population level and at the individual level, correlated directly and independently to the level of total serum cholesterol, in seven sampled out countries. It demonstrated that the correlation between blood cholesterol level and coronary ...