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Your first symptom of coronary heart disease may be a heart attack orsudden 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 severe symptoms. The symptoms of corona...
A heart attack is when the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly cut off, usually by a blood clot. These blockages can prevent oxygen reaching the heart and cause damage and death to muscle tissue. Heart attacks are the leading cause of cardiac arrest worldwide. Heart attacks are serio...
Sudden death is the initial sign of the condition in up to 25% of cases. The person collapses, stops breathing, and his or her heart stops beating (cardiac arrest) without prior symptoms. Pulmonary embolus is the second leading cause of sudden death, behindcoronary artery disease. What tests...
Shortness of breath Heart arrhythmias Cardiac arrest (heart attack) The longer that a person continues in disordered eating behaviors, the more his or her mortality rate increases. These effects can be long-lasting, but it is important to know that one can fully recover from bulimia. ...
Men over the age of 51 should have 420 milligrams each day Since the FDA doesn't require food labels to include magnesium levels, it's important to know which foods are naturally rich in this essential mineral. Include these magnesium-rich foods in your well-balanced diet: ...
When that blood flow is interrupted, robbing the heart of the oxygen and other nutrients it needs to do its job, the result is myocardial infarction — commonly known as a heart attack. Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops pumping. Cholesterol buildup inside the blood vessels ...
Women tend to not be as aggressively treated with medications compared to men, to limit the extent of a heart attack. These medications includeaspirin,beta blockers, andstatins. After having a heart attack, women are less likely to be referred for cardiac rehabilitation and physical therapy. ...
Although cough is a principal sign of lower respiratory tract disease, particularly lower airway (tracheal and bronchial) disease, it may also occur in animals with nonpulmonary disease, particularly cardiac and intrathoracic diseases. Associated signs, therefore, may include a wide spectrum of findings...
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are used to restart a person’s heart in the event of cardiac arrest. The electric shock restores normal heart rhytm