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The phrase cardiovascular disease (CVO) means “all medical conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels.” CVO includes heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, rheumatic heart disease, congenital defects, and conges - tive heart failure.

Coronary artery disease (CAO) or coronary heart disease {CHD) means ‘conditions affect - ing the heart and its major blood vessels,” — heart attack and angina pectoris (chest pain due to narrowed blood vessels).

Myocardial infarction [myo = muscle, cardio = heart, infarction = blockage) is the formal name for a heart attack. The name pretty much describes what happens, but you can read all the truly excruciating details in Post 2.

For more information about heart disease (and healthy hearts too, if you’re interested in that sort of thing), check out 77re Healthy Heart For Patients (Wiley Publishing, Inc.).