What is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)?
Title: What is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)?
Category: /Science & Technology/Biology
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What is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)?
Category: /Science & Technology/Biology
Details: Words: 1709 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lycette Clarke 09/03/2004 What is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)? CHD has two principal forms - angina and heart attacks (myocardial infarction). Both occur because the arteries carrying blood to the heart muscle become blocked or narrowed, usually by a deposit of fatty substances, a process known as arteriosclerosis. Angina is a severe pain in the chest brought on by exertion and relieved by rest. A heart attack is due to obstruction of a coronary artery either
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of their high risk, to initiate management directed at all risk factors.
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