Functioning healthily is very important for our heart and vessel system. This system carries nutrients and oxygen to the cells in the body. The impairment of the heart and vessel health endangers the continuation of the vital functions in a healthy way and causes serious health problems - even death. Especially in developed countries, heart and vessel diseases are the primary reasons for death.

Heart and vessel health is directly related to diet and lifestyle in addition to genetic characteristics. The primary reasons affecting the heart and vessel health in a negative way are unhealthy eating, obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking, stress, physical inactivity and air pollution.

In this section, you can find the answers to the questions regarding the functions of the heart and blood. Which kinds of people are susceptible to coronary artery diseases? What is a heart attack? What is coronary angiography? What is balloon and stent angioplasty and what are the recent developments in drug-coated stents.

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