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Angina: Don't Take It LightlyMedical Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FAAEM
Heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States, and each case is a potential failure because risk management wasn't aggressive enough. There are five major risk factors for heart disease:
You can't do anything about the genes you inherited, but the other four need life long vigilance to minimize the risk of not only heart attack but also stroke and peripheral vascular disease. All risk factors involve narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the body and the consequences that occur when organs don't get enough blood and start to fail. Top Searched Angina Terms:symptoms, chest pain, bypass surgery, causes, treatment, heartburn, Prinzmetal, acute, pectoris |

I'm a fan of "Pardon the Interruption", a talk show on ESPN, only because I
enjoy the wit, wisdom and camaraderie of the hosts, Tony Kornheiser and Michael
Wilbon. Unfortunately for me and more unfortunately for Mr. Wilbon, instead of
being in front of the camera, he was underneath one in a heart cath lab
undergoing an angioplasty to open a blocked blood vessel to his heart.
