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Coronary Artery Disease Quiz

How Much Do You Know About the Risk of CAD?
  1. High cholesterol is the main cause of plaque that leads to coronary artery disease.
  2. About 30% of deaths from coronary artery disease are linked to cigarette smoking.
  3. Stress in life is as big a risk factor as obesity.
  4. Once you have coronary artery disease, you cannot reverse it.
  5. More than half of people who die suddenly of CAD have no symptoms.

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on September 25, 2008

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