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Cardiovascular disease refers to the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

Find local cardiologists, heart health videos and articles, and resources on nutrition, cardiac recovery exercises and more.

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Cardiovascular Health Videos and Transcripts, Cardiologists & Heart Disease

You can't control all your cardiovascular disease risk factors, but you can take a number of steps to help keep your heart healthy. Coronary heart disease is the most common form of heart disease. It's a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. Health Choices has a wide selection of cardiologist listings and heart health videos and articles to keep you informed.

Heart disease takes on a number of different forms: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and rheumatic heart disease. There are also some important differences when it comes to heart disease risk in women and men.

Heart disease risk factors can be divided up into modifiable ones and those that are not. Risk factors for heart disease include advancing age, family history, and sex. Modifiable heart disease factors include diet and exercise. You can reduce coronary heart disease risk by lowering cholesterol, quitting smoking, lowering high blood pressure, limiting alcohol intake and reducing stress.

Lowering Cholesterol

There is a great deal you can do to lower bad cholesterol. There are two main types of cholesterol: LDL, which results in the fatty deposits in the arteries; often called the "bad cholesterol" and HDL, which is protective and is called the "good cholesterol."

You can lower your cholesterol by eating healthy foods and quitting smoking. If you're overweight, you need to exercise. If you're in your early adult years, you should be screened to determine their cholesterol level and your cardiovascular risk. If you're at high risk, you need to be tested once a year after screening.

Cardiovascular Stress Tests

Heart disease may have no symptoms, but the signs will become apparent when the heart is exposed to the stress of exercise. A heart stress test is a diagnostic test that may be valuable in diagnosing ischemic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease occurs when there is a lack of blood flow going to the heart, which can eventually lead to a heart attack.

Cardiovascular stress tests can be used to find evidence of blockages in the arteries of the heart. You'll be hooked up to an EKG machine in a doctor's office, and the machine will monitor and record the function of your heart and how it responds to the stress test.

Check out HealthChoicesFirst cardiologist listings and cardiovascular health videos and articles for more information.

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