Cardiovascular wellness focuses on plaque reduction, managing arrhythmias like AFib, and recognizing emergency signs of heart failure or infarction.
Blood pressure refers to the force exerted by blood circulating into the blood vessels. Low blood pressure, also called hypotension, is when the flow of blood is lower than normal and may prevent the proper amount of oxygen and nutrients from pumped to the vital organs.
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C-reactive protein, or CRP, is a complex set of proteins produced by the liver. Your body makes more CRP when a major infection or trauma occurs in any area affecting the immune system. Along with an underlying medical cause, lifestyle habits and genetics regulate the amount of CRP produced.
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The arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart and branch out into smaller arteries going toward your different organs to supply fresh, oxygen-rich blood.
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Diuretics refer to substances that facilitate ridding the body of excess fluids and salt. Diuretics work by making the kidneys excrete more sodium in the urine, which causes an increase in water accumulation to concentrate the sodium levels, resulting in urine formation and elimination.
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