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Coronary Heart Disease - A disease of the developing world.
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Coronary Heart Disease - A disease of the developing world Coronary Heart Disease is the most common serious medical condition in the Western world. It affects people more as they grow older and impinges on both men and women, rich and poor, black and white. In the USA 7.5% of white people suffer from heart disease. 6.9% of black people suffer. This small difference in percent is not due to different genetics, but most likely different lifestyles the people lead. Coronary heart disease is the disease that involves the narrowing and blocking of the coronary arteries. These arteries line the heart and supply it with oxygen-rich blood and nutrients. There are two types of CHD. 'Angina Pectoris' is where a blockage occurs in the arteries preventing blood passing to tissues which is brief and incomplete, no damage occurs if the blockage allows blood through again, but if blood is still...
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