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Si su médico recomienda la rehabilitación pulmonar, recibirá la atención de un equipo de proveedores de atención médica, que diseñará un plan que se ajuste a sus necesidades basados en la salud de sus pulmones, su edad y otros factores de salud. Una vez que finalice el programa, el equipo evaluará nuevamente la función pulmonar para ver si la respiración ha mejorado.

Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

Treatments for peripheral artery disease include lifestyle changes, anti-clotting medicines, statins to control cholesterol, and medicines to treat high blood pressure. When peripheral artery disease is advanced or does not respond to lifestyle changes and medicines, your doctor may recommend surgery or procedures such as bypass grafting, angioplasty and stent placement, and atherectomy.

Treatments for carotid artery disease may include heart-healthy lifestyle changes, medicines, and medical procedures such as carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery angioplasty and stenting.

Todas las personas mayores de 3 años deben visitar un profesional de la salud para medirse la presión arterial al menos una vez al año. El médico le tomara la presión arterial para ver si las lecturas de la presión arterial son constantemente altas. El médico le hablará sobre cambios en el estilo de vida para un corazón saludable para ayudarle a controlar la presión arterial o evitar la presión arterial alta.

Factors that increase your risk for high blood pressure include unhealthy lifestyle habits such as eating too much sodium, drinking too much alcohol, and being physically inactive. Other risk factors include age, family history and genetics, race and ethnicity, and sex.

Age, race, gender, certain medical conditions—high blood pressure, diabetes, brain aneurysms, and heart diseases—smoking, and family history can raise your risk for a stroke.

Signs, symptoms, and complications will vary based on the type of congenital heart defect that you or your child have, and may be different for newborns and adults.

La enfermedad coronaria es una enfermedad en la cual una sustancia cerosa llamada placa se acumula dentro de las arterias coronarias a través de muchos años. Estas arterias suministran sangre rica en oxígeno al músculo cardíaco.

At first, COPD may cause no symptoms or only mild symptoms. As the disease worsens, common signs and symptoms include an ongoing cough (with or without mucus), shortness of breath, wheezing or whistling when breathing, and chest tightness.