Heart & Vascular Health: Causes & Risks

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Interactive Tool: What Is Your Risk for a Stroke if You Have Atrial Fibrillation?
Interactive Tool
02/23/07, Healthwise
Click here if you have atrial fibrillation, are age 55 or older, and want to find out your risk of stroke.
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Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?
Interactive Tool
11/24/06, Healthwise
Click here to find out how much smoking increases your heart attack risk.
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Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?
Interactive Tool
11/24/06, Healthwise
Click here to find your risk of heart attack.
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - What Increases Your Risk
Article
05/23/07, Healthwise
The risk factors for a transient ischemic attack (TIA) are the same as those for a stroke.
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Cause
Article
05/23/07, Healthwise
Blood clots that temporarily block blood flow to the brain are the most common cause of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Blood clots may develop for a variety of reasons.
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Stroke - Cause
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03/06/07, Healthwise
An ischemic stroke is caused by a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the brain. A blood clot can develop in a narrowed artery that supplies the brain or can travel from the heart (or elsewhere in the body) to an artery that supp
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Stroke - What Increases Your Risk
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03/06/07, Healthwise
Risk factors for stroke include those you can change and those you can't change.
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Deep Vein Thrombosis - What Increases Your Risk
Article
01/26/06, Healthwise
Many factors increase your risk for deep vein thrombosis. Some risk factors do not change, such as genetic blood irregularities, while other risk factors may change according to circumstances, such as pregnancy.
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Deep Vein Thrombosis - Cause
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01/26/06, Healthwise
Three factors can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis:
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Brain Aneurysm
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03/06/07, Healthwise
What is a brain aneurysm?
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