Coronary Artery Disease which is also known as heart disease and cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death around the world. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, deaths from heart disease occur every 7 minutes (2014). First of all, it is important to know what this disease is. Heart disease develops when blood pressure increases due to the lack of oxygenated blood being supplied to the heart causing the heart to work much harder then what is considered healthy. This can occur from various controversies but the main cause is the blockage of an artery which ultimately leads to it narrowing explained by Douglas Wetherill (2000). Wetherill also stated that if the supply of oxygenated blood is cut off from the heart, a portion of the heart muscle will die resulting in a heart attack (2000). Although there is many different areas within the topic of heart disease, coronary artery disease is the main focus within this report due to the connection between health, lifestyle and prevention. Not only that, but it is the main topic of heart disease altogether.
Coronary Artery Disease is a very in depth topic and must be explained thoroughly. The most important contribution to this disease is one’s health. According to Wetherill, fatty streaks build up within arteries from diets of high cholesterol and fat and these fatty streaks eventually turn into plaque which may cause total closure, also referred to as an occlusion of an artery restricting blood flow and refraining the heart of oxygen and necessary nutrients to function (2000). Saturated fats are the worst fats in most diets due to the prevalence of trans fat that supplies the fatal plaque buildup. People should avoid these fats and look for monounsaturated fa...
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It was to this respect that, the search could detect ‘’hypertension’’ as the leading risk factor for heart disease. And this preceded three quarters of heart failures cases as compared to coronary artery disease, which led to most heart failures in less than 40% of the cases. Also, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic diameter became a mirror to the Framingham study as incident heart diseases in the individuals who are free from myocardial infarction. Although studies have shown that, the manifestation of heart failures can be present without the left ventricular systolic dysfunction, other risk factors could lead to that. Also, they (Framingham study) were able to detect ‘’too much of cholesterol’’ as a link to cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, research believed that has elevated among certain heart diseases such as coronary heart often leads to stroke, too high blood pressure among numerous patients. Having said that, the search discovered ‘’obesity’’ also as a concomitantly with hypertension which elevates lipids and diabetes versus questions on smoking behavior. Having said that, these risk factors are believed to have attributed to heart diseases. Therefore, it became a national concern to the general US population and that of the fourth director of Framingham heart study, William Castelli
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