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Coronary heart disease - the number one killer.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2005 (Volume) 18 (Number) 1
Medium (Periodical) Biological Sciences Review.
Classif 570 BIO
Subject Health
Page 21-25
Authors Holt, Cathy
Contents

In the UK over 270,000 people suffer a heart attack each year. What causes coronary heart disease? How can it be prevented and treated, and what are the risk factors?

Keywords
Alcohol     Angina     Angioplasty     Arteries     Atheroma     Blood pressure     Cholesterol     Coronary heart disease     Electrocardiogram     Inactivity     Myocardial infarction     Obesity     Smoking     Stent     Thrombosis