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CardiovascularLife-threatening
Heart Disease & Stroke
Cardiology/Neurology · Cardiovascular
Life-threatening
Severity
Leading cause of death globally — 17.9 million deaths annually from cardiovascular disease; stroke kills 5.5 million per year
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiology/Neurology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1High blood pressure
- 2high cholesterol
- 3smoking
- 4obesity
- 5diabetes
- 6physical inactivity
- 7unhealthy diet
- 8excessive alcohol
- 9family history
- 10age
- 11stress. Stroke: same risk factors plus atrial fibrillation
- 12blood clots.
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