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What does coronary heart disease do to the body?
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Causes heart attack: It blocks the coronary arteries leading to chest pain or heart attack. If you get a heart attack it can damage the muscle causing heart failure with shortness of breath and swelling of the feet.
Answered 7/20/2012
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Loss of function: Coronary artery disease can cause decreased function of the heart, which causes dysfunction of other organs, such as the lungs, liver, kidneys, etc.
Answered 3/14/2019
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