N C C A M: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (also called heart disease) comes in many forms and is the number one cause of death in the United States. The most common cause of heart disease is coronary artery disease (the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart).