The Human Heart
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Heart health depends on a variety of factors
that mirrors human life itself.
Eat an unhealthy diet, and eventually your
heart will suffer consequences.
Live a sedentary lifestyle, denying your body
the exercise it needs to keep yourself strong healthy, and at
some point your heart is likely to weaken along with your other
muscles.
If there is emotional or psychological stress
in your life, it will affect the performance of your heart.
It's an understatement to say that the heart is
one of the most important organs in the human body, because if
the heart stops functioning, death follows moments later. That
makes the heart pretty important.
Many other bodily functions will degrade or
stop if the heart isn't working properly, because those bodily
functions depend on the oxygen and nutrients that blood carries
to them--blood pumped there by the heart.
The heart really is just a pump--a magnificent
pump, an incredibly durable pump, an absolutely remarkable pump
to be sure--but in the end it is basically a hard-working
muscle that provides the force that pushes blood throughout our
system.
It provides this force by beating approximately
72 times per minute, more during exercise or stress, our entire
lives.
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The heart is about the size of your fist and it works by
expanding and contracting. The heart is different from other
muscles in the sense that each time it contracts, it does so
with all its force. Skeletal muscles can be made to contract
quickly or slowly. Not so with the heart. Every time it beats,
it "gives you all its got."
There is more to be said about the heart, what
the heart does and the diseases and conditions that affect it,
than can be covered in one website. So we'll choose some of the
topics and information that's most often sought by people
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include the following.
A leading cause of death around the world.
This article describes
what happens during a heart attack, what causes it, risk
factors, and prevention options.
This is the most common cause of heart attacks.
Many people have only a vague understanding of heart disease.
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disease.
This articles describes the differences between
congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure, coronary
heart disease, pulmonary heart disease, and rheumatic heart
disease.
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Are you confused when you hear words like
target heart rate, maximum heart rate, exercise heart rate and
"fat burning heart rate?" This article on various heart rate terms explains
them. You'll also find quick information on low heart rate, low heart rate causes and
symptoms, and low
heart rate treatment.
When you tell someone "my heart skipped a
beat," you're probably not referring to this particular type of
interruption in your heart rhythm. It's usually not dangerous,
but it can be a symptom of other problems that
may need medical attention. Articles include basic information about heart
palpitations, heart
palpitation causes and symptoms, and treatment and
prevention of heart palpitations.
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