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Prevention of Heart DiseasePrevention of Heart Disease
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What is Heart Disease?What is Heart Disease?
•HeartHeart
: The most hard-working muscle of our body – pumps 4-5 litres of blood everyminute during rest
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Supplies nutrients and oxygen rich blood toall body parts, including
itself 
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Coronary arteries surrounding the heartkeep it nourished withblood
 
What is AtherosclerosisWhat is Atherosclerosiswhat is coronary artery disease?what is coronary artery disease?
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Over time, fatty deposits called
plaqueplaque
build up within the artery walls. The artery becomes narrow. This is
atherosclerosis•
When this occurs in the coronary arteries, heart does not getsufficient blood, the condition is called
coronary artery disease
,or
coronary heart disease
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