There is increased risk of developing a heart disease in individuals with high blood cholesterol levels and other ailments such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Human circulatory system diseases describe any diseases that affect the body’s circulatory system (perhaps unsurprisingly) which is defined as the heart and the network of veins, arteries, arterioles and capillaries that transport blood and oxygen around the body.
If your heart rhythms do not occur normally, then it can be a result of improper electrical signals being conducted to the heart because of defective cell or tissue pathways.
Atrial septal defect is an abnormality of the upper chambers of the heart (atria) where the wall between the right and left atria does not close completely.
Atherosclerosis gives thickening and hardening of the blood vessels leading blood out to the body, and will thus reduce or stop blood flow to important tissue.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a persistent blood pressure above 90 mm Hg between the heart beats (diastolic) or over 140 mm Hg at the beats (systolic).
A recent global study has come to some pretty alarming conclusions about the link between your waist-to-hip ratio and the risk of suffering from a heart attack.
Newspapers have reported on the drawbacks of having a diet high in fat. High-fat diet has been linked to high cholesterol and ultimately to heart attacks.
Hypertension is the term doctors use for high blood pressure. It's often referred to as a Silent Killer since many people may have no noticeable symptoms.
The term heart disease is a very broad term. Problems can arise within the heart muscle, arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle, or the valves within the heart that pump blood in the correct direction.
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