CAD
...s that are deposited from the blood. As the artery walls thicken, due to the increasing plaque build up, the blood flow through the narrowing artery, starts to decrease.There is an infinite list of risk factors, that play a role in contracting CAD. The strongest risk factors are, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a family history of coronary artery disease, a family history of high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and diabetes. Over all, through the studies done by the American Heart Association, men are more likely to develop the disease than women. Men also tend to show symptoms of the disease as the age of 45, while women start to show signs at a later age, around 55 (Lock, 23). Some other small contributing factors to CAD a...