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What is Conorary Heart Disease?
Coronary heart disease results from the coronary arteries becoming narrowed with fatty deposits on the inside wall. This narrowing reduces flow of blood to the heart and increases the chances of a blood clot blocking the artery, resulting in a heart attack.
How Does it affect people
As the coronary arteries narrow, patients will often experience chest pain or tightness, known as angina. This pain may spread to the left shoulder or arm, or to the neck and jaw. The pain can occur at times of exercise, stress, or strain, particularly in cold weather.
What are the causes?
Certain factors are linked with the development of coronary heart disease. The main factors that increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease are listed below. They are divided into two categories, depending on whether you can change them. Things you can change: cholesterol, smoking, high blood pressure, stress, lack of exercise, excessive alcohol intake, diabetes, and being overweight.
Things you cannot change: family history of coronary heart disease, sex, and age.
Of the risk factors that you can control, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking are three of the most important.
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