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Small vessel disease
Risk factors
- Heart disease in women: Understand symptoms and risk factors All women face the threat of heart disease. Discover how to protect your heart.
- Heart disease risk calculator Heart disease risk: Use this tool to calculate your risk of having a heart attack.
Symptoms
- Angina Angina — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this type of chest pain.
Tests and diagnosis
- Stress test A stress test — Overview covers what to expect and results of this heart test.
- CT angiogram Computerized tomography (CT) angiogram — Overview covers risks and results of this heart disease test.
- Blood tests for heart disease Blood tests offer clues to your heart health. Here's information about these blood tests.
Complications
- Flu shots: Especially important if you have heart disease Flu shots are recommended for anyone with heart disease. Find out why.
Treatments and drugs
- Daily aspirin therapy: Understand the benefits and risks Daily aspirin therapy can be lifesaving or life-threatening. Discover if you're a good candidate.
Lifestyle and home remedies
- Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease Ready to start your heart-healthy diet? Here are eight tips to get you started.
- Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health Discover how walnuts, almonds and other nuts help lower cholesterol and im-prove heart health.
- Menus for heart-healthy eating: Cut the fat and salt Use these menus to jump-start your heart-healthy diet.
- Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart Omega-3 fatty acids in fish are good for your heart. Find out more.
Prevention
- Red wine and resveratrol: Good for your heart? Red wine and something in it called resveratrol may be good for your heart.
- 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart disease Heart disease prevention — five strategies you can adopt now to protect your heart.
- Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart Omega-3 fatty acids in fish are good for your heart. Find out more.
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