One study has concluded that having overweight raises your coronary heart disease risk by as much as 26% compared to someone who is at a healthy weight, and obesity by as much as 28%.

Coronary artery disease is one of the risk factors for AFib. Conditions like CAD, aging, persistent high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, obesity, sleep apnea, and emphysema can eventually ...

Three common cardiovascular diseases in adults—heart failure, atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease—are linked to ...

The link between heart disease and obesity is multifaceted. For one thing, obesity increases your risk of developing many other risk factors for heart disease.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking have all been directly related to CHD ...

Since 1970, heart attack deaths have fallen almost 90 per cent in the US, though deaths from chronic heart conditions have ...

Coronary artery disease pathogenesis and treatment urgently requires a paradigm shift. Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a ...

A scientific statement has been published by the ACC regarding the management of obesity in adults with heart failure.

Research shows age-adjusted heart attack deaths down 90% in fifty years, though heart disease persists as a top U.S. cause of ...

A study from Stanford shows that heart attack deaths fell 89 percent from 1970-2022 while chronic heart disease deaths rose ...

Death rates from high blood pressure, arrhythmias and heart failure have risen sharply since 1970, new research shows.

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