Heart Attacks
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are the leading cause of death in the United States.
Everyday approximately 1,500 people die from . Thousands more
suffer crippling effects of some form, and remain disabled for the rest of their
lives. A simple definition of a heart attack is a sudden failure of the heart
resulting from an occl ....
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.... the lungs, nicotine causes the
release of hormones in the body. These hormones raise the blood pressure.
Consequently, a person's heart rate increases 15 to 25 beats per minute.
Nicotine also causes the blood vessels to contract. People who smoke have a
harder time keeping their hands and feet warm because their blood does not
circulate as well as it does in non-smokers. When the heart rate increases and
the blood vessels remain constricted for an extended period of time, ten or more
years ....
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