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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smoking or stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. [1] Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is addictive and can cause dependence. [2][3] As a result, nicotine withdrawal often makes the process of quitting difficult. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and a ...

5. 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]

6. Nicotine replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a medically approved way to treat people with tobacco use disorder by taking nicotine through means other than tobacco. [6] It is used to help with quitting smoking or stopping chewing tobacco. [1][7] It increases the chance of quitting tobacco smoking by about 55%. [8]

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 ...