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“Coronary Heart Disease is self inflicted”  

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"Coronary Heart Disease is self inflicted" Do you agree or disagree? Coronary heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries become partially blocked from, cholesterol and fat, circulating in the blood. This causes a build up inside the walls of the arteries. This only occurs if the levels of fat and cholesterol are extremely high in the blood that there is a greater chance that it will be deposited onto the artery walls. If the arteries become completely blocked, the patient will have a myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. A heart attack can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle, and can sometimes be fatal if immediate treatment is not given. There are other contributing factors other than fatty deposits which can cause coronary heart disease such as high blood pressure. The focus of this quote is that this disease is caused by the person who has contracted it....

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