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    [edit] Historical studies?

    Does anyone know of website with charts bgiving numbers of heart disease in the public by date?

    I would find that interesting. Some say heart disease is caused by pollution and some say it was there in the 1800's but physicians didn't diagnose it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.74.188 (talk) 03:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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    so do i — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.2.250 (talk) 14:25, 23 September 2007 (UTC) I just went through a lot of what links here, and I'm not so sure this should be a disambiguation page. The subtopics are so close that one could make this an article instead of a dab page, and the subtopics would hang together. I'd propose taking away the disambiguation tag and making this a straight article on heart disease.

    Moreover, most of the links which go to heart disease mean it in a very general sense. For examples, see Alcoholism, Finland, Demographics of Japan. In none of these cases would it be appropriate to disambiguate the links; they really need to point here.

    Anyway, I just wanted to put this up for comment to see if there were any obvious reasons to keep it the way it is that I hadn't thought of. --Deville (Talk) 15:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

    Absolutely, this is not a dab page. You can remove the {{disambig}} straight away as far as I'm concerned.--Commander Keane 16:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
    I agree...straight article on heart disease.--MikeJ9919 23:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
    Support one unified page. Draeco 06:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
    I don't know enough about the subject to know whether there should or shouldn't be a unified page, but what's here now is a rather sad and neglected affair that sees more vandalism than it really should. If anything meaningful can be said about heart disease in general - about all the types that are listed here combined - then it should be said here. The current page is a bit embarrassing. Bill Oaf 00:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

    Could we put a link to the myocardium on this page, it's mentioned at the end of the second paragraph

    The term Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) should be included with refrences to heart disease per the American Heart Association's movement to classify the symptoms and treatment methods.

    • U.S. cases of Heart Disease: 61 million with cardiovascular diseases, including 12.4 million with coronary heart disease Deaths: Nearly 1 million deaths a year Eighty percent of the nearly 1 million Americans who have angioplasty each year now receive stents - tiny scaffolds permanently implanted to help the blood vessel stay open. About 550,000 Americans have bypass surgery annually, mostly for blockages in the left main artery or on multiple and less accessible blockages. Almost 3 million kids suffer from hypertension. 4 million diagnosed every year. More men have heart attacks, but women are twice as likely to die from a heart attack within the first few weeks. Heart disease claims more the lives of twice Risk Factors High blood pressure — High blood pressure increases the heart's workload, causing the heart to thicken and become stiffer. It also increases your risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and congestive heart failure. Physical inactivity — An inactive lifestyle is a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Regular, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity helps prevent heart and blood vessel disease. Even moderate-intensity activities help if done regularly and long term. Physical activity can help control blood cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, as well as help lower blood pressure in some people.

    Heredity (including Race) — Children of parents and animals with heart disease are more likely to develop it themselves. African Americans have more severe high blood pressure than Caucasians and a higher risk of heart disease. Heart disease risk is also higher among Mexican Americans, American Indians, native Hawaiians and some Asian Americans. This is partly due to higher rates of obesity and diabetes. Most people with a strong family history of heart disease have one or more other risk factors.

    Heart disease is a general term that refers to any disease or condition of the hear, including hypertension (high blood Pressure), coronary heart disease, heart failure, congenital heart disease, heart infections, cardiomyopathy, disorder of the heart valves, conduction disorders, and arrythmais as many women as all cancers combined. • Heart disease is killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.158.28 (talk) 22:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] Contradictory statements

    The intro states that "Nearly 2,400 Americans die of CVD every day." However, in the very next section, it says, "Over 1,200 Americans die of coronary heart disease every day." Which is it? Both come from the same source, but I had a hard time finding either statistic. --DearPrudence (talk) 07:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

    Never mind, I figured it out. The first one is referring specifically to cardiovascular disease. I've removed it because CVD hadn't even been defined yet in the intro, and with the second statistic there it's just confusing. --DearPrudence (talk) 05:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)