Monday, January 8, 2007

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HEART DISEASE

Most heart attacks are due to sudden blockage of heart vessels which are severely blocked

Atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, which causes heart disease, begins at about the age of 40.

If you keep your cholesterol level within normal ranges, you will be safe from getting a heart attack

Majority of heart attacks occur in people with chest pains and these signs will appear weeks before the actual event.

Your treadmill stress ECG was normal, therefore you don’t have heart disease and will not get a heart attack

If you have no risk factors and lead a stress free lifestyle, then you will not develop heart disease

After balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery a heart patient is “cured” and will not suffer from any more heart attacks

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