CHI Memorial offers advice for patients looking to maintain their heart health or get a better idea of diseases that can affect their heart. Explore risk factors, lifestyle strategies, and treatment options.
Aortic valve disease involves narrowing (stenosis) and leaking (regurgitation), straining the heart. Stenosis makes it work harder, and regurgitation can cause heart failure symptoms.
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Cardiovascular disease – sometimes referred to as CVD – is a term that encompasses various conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. To help us understand, let’s take a closer look at three terms: cardiovascular disease, heart disease, and coronary heart disease.
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Heart disease encompasses a range of conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. This includes coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart diseases. In women, these conditions may manifest differently than in men, making awareness and education paramount.
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Blood pressure is a vital measure of your cardiovascular health. Understanding your blood pressure reading is crucial for maintaining overall well-being. It's typically represented as two numbers: systolic and diastolic.
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CHI Memorial offers advice for patients looking to maintain their heart health or get a better idea of diseases that can affect their heart. Explore risk factors, lifestyle strategies, and treatment options.
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Heart diseases causes one in every four deaths in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. We hear a lot about the danger of heart disease, but what exactly is heart disease?
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Between the ages of 45 and 64, one in nine women develop symptoms of some form of cardiovascular disease. After the age of 65, this ratio increases to one in three women according to the National Center of Health Statistics.
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