Posted on August 11, 2016February 14, 2017

Heart Disease

BY: besthealth0 COMMENTS CATEGORY: Heart Disease, Uncategorized

Preventing and Managing Heart Disease

Heart disease is a health issue impacting every community across the country.

It’s the number one killer of all Americans, men and women. People of color are at greater risk.

February is heart month, a chance to talk about this killer and how to combat it.

Read more from Dr. Karen Larimer, the American Heart Association Chicago board president and Dr. Tammy Polonsky with University of Chicago Medicine. For more information, visit the American Heart Association at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ or the American Heart Association Support Network http://supportnetwork.heart.org.

Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart’s muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.
High blood pressure causes many types of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke and heart failure, and renal disease. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is caused by atherosclerosis, which is the narrowing and / or blockage of the blood vessels in the legs.

Heart Attacks. An ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a serious form of heart attack in which a coronary artery is completely blocked and a large part of the heart muscle is unable to receive blood. “ST segment elevation” refers to a pattern that shows up on an electrocardiogram (EKG).