Heart Disease Is It Aanyones Fault
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Heart Disease: Is It Anyone's Fault?
What is heart disease?
Heart disease is also known as cardiovascular disease. This term covers a number of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The most common forms of cardiovascular disease are coronary heart disease and strokes.
Cardiovascular disease is caused by two processes, atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Atherosclerosis occurs over a period of time and is the main cause of angina, whereas thrombosis can occur spontaneously, leading to a heart attack or stroke.
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which the inner layers of the arteries are thickened in places by the build up and deposition of cholesterol, dead muscle cells, fibrous tissue and blood platelets. These deposits are known as atheromatous plaques or atheroma.
As an atheroma grows, it bulges into the lumen of the artery, restricting the blood flow by narrowing the artery...