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1. Fish Oil Supplements Don't Help Depressed Heart Patients - US News and World Report
Those who took them with antidepressant fared same as those who didn't
2. Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks: Study - US News and World Report
Report could get more states to pass laws to curtail secondhand smoke, experts say
3. Heart attack : Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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Most heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries bring blood and oxygen to the heart. If the blood flow is blocked, the heart starves for oxygen and heart cells die. In atherosclerosis, ...• Reviewer: Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
4. Heart Attack
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A heart attack is the death of, or damage to, part of the heart muscle because its blood supply is severely reduced or stopped.• Author: Paula Ford-Martin, Teresa G. Odle Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
5. Heart Attack: Causes -- Information from the Merck Manual
Parts of the heart that are particularly susceptible to rupture during or after a heart attack are the wall separating the two ventricles (septum), the external heart wall, and the muscles that open and close the mitral valve. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch033/ch033c.html#sec03-ch033-ch033c-917
6. Heart attack - Causes -- Mayo Clinic
Rarely, a heart attack can occur when a blood clot from inside a diseased heart breaks loose and lodges in a healthy or narrowed coronary artery. The medical term for a heart attack is "myocardial infarction. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=335BD208-F892-4D6A-A14CBCB0FBF852...
7. Heart Attack Causes -- EMedicineHealth Consumer Information
The most common condition that predisposes a person to heart attack is coronary heart disease, or coronary artery disease, due to atherosclerosis, or fatty build up of plaque on the inner lining of coronary arteries.. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/11029-2.asp |
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