Guide to Heart Disease

We know that many people can train their bodies after a heart attack so that they are stronger than they were before the attack. Factors known to aggravate the basic atherosclerotic process — such as smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure—are eliminated. A graded program of physical activity is instituted. Certainly the person who trains […]

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The person with heart failure and edema who has been standing or sitting much of the day may experience a strange development known as nocturnal dyspnea (night-shortness of breath) when he lies down in bed at the end of the day. The fluid which has accumulated in the legs and feet is no longer held […]

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