How Is Heart Disease Diagnosed? Your first symptom of coronary heart disease may be a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest. Medical professionals use screening tests to detect the presence and severity of coronary disease before it causes problems or sends you to an emergency department with sever...
A heart attack is most often caused by narrowing of the arteries by cholesterolplaque and their subsequent rupture. This is known as atheroscleroticheart disease(AHSD) or coronary artery disease(CAD). The risk factors for AHSD are the same as those forstroke(cerebrovascular disease) orperipheral ...
can range from telltale chest pain to less obvious indications such as sweating, nausea, fatigue, and/or a sense of impending doom. Heart attacks also can occur without causing any symptoms at all, and these are only diagnosed after the fact—what's often referred to as asilent heart attac...
the decreased blood supply to the leg muscles can causeclaudicationor painin the legs with activity. Plaque buildup in arteries of the neck or brain can lead tostroke. Plaque that builds up in the arteries of the heart can lead to heart attack. ...
Signs&SymptomsofHeartAttackandStroke1Heartdiseaseistheleadingcause,andstrokeisthefourthleadingcause,ofdeathinbothConnecticutandtheUnitedStates.1,2Heartdiseaseandstrokearealsomajorcausesofdisabilityamongadults.TheHealthyPeople2020nationalobjectivesforbothheartdiseaseandstrokeincludeincreasingtheproportionofpersonswhoareaware...
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Does your body warn you before a stroke? A transient ischemic attack (TIA) can warn you that a true stroke is coming. That's why you should always get immediate medical attention if you have brief signs of a stroke that seem to go away with no lasting harm. The same problems that cau...
Does your body warn you before a stroke? A transient ischemic attack (TIA) can warn you that a true stroke is coming. That's why you should always get immediate medical attention if you have brief signs of a stroke that seem to go away with no lasting harm. The same problems that cau...
Before the major complications of atherosclerosis arises, like a stroke, heart attack or leg ulcers or gangrene, a range of signs and symptoms will have gradually developed. These may be reported to a medical professional although many patients may ignore these early signs. It may not occur cons...
If a close relative, such as a parent or sibling, had a stroke before age 65, your stroke risk may be higher than normal. One reason is genetics. Certain genes can make you more likely to have HBP or high cholesterol, for example. ...