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John Fielding,
CEO
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Disease management programs for coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure are solutions to improve the healthcare quality and hedge against the increasing costs of this disease.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Coronary Heart Disease Dietary advice to help reduce risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) includes reducing total and saturated fat intake to 30% and 10% of calories, respectively.
Coronary artery disease is treated with lifestyle changes and medications to help reduce high cholesterol, control high blood pressure, and manage other risk factors that increase a person's risk of heart attack, stroke, and other complications.
The American Heart Association and our group recommend that patients with coronary artery disease carefully monitor the amount of fatty foods consumed, especially those high in saturated fats.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Coronary artery disease occurs when atherosclerotic plaque (hardening of the arteries) builds up in the wall of the arteries that supply the heart.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) - A narrowing of the inside diameter of arteries that supply the heart with blood.
Coronary artery disease occurs when the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart become clogged with plaque.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Coronary artery disease is currently the leading cause of HF in the western world, accounting for about 50% of heart transplantations performed wordwide.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Treating coronary artery disease, therefore, requires increasing or restoring this flow to parts of the heart which are undernourished and possibly even damaged over time by too small a supply of oxygen and nutrient rich blood.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) occurs when a blood clot forms or cholesterol and scar tissue (plaque) collects in the artery of the heart, resulting in a blockage of the blood flow.
Pritikin was a bedridden heart attack victim and had severe coronary artery disease.
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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The coverage is for scans performed at rest or with pharmacological stress for the noninvasive imaging of the perfusion of the heart for the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease provided the PET scan is performed in place of a SPECT scan or following a SPECT scan that was inconclusive.
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