Other lifestyle changes can also reduce your risk of hardening of the arteries: 1  Avoid fatty foods. 2  Eat well-balanced meals that are low in fat and cholesterol. 3  Include several daily servings of fruits and vegetables. 4  Adding fish to your diet at least twice a week may be helpful. 5  However, do not eat fried fish.
Commotio cordis. Commotio cordis (Latin, agitation of the heart) is an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region), at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest.
[see induction]. /inÂ·ducÂ·tance/ (in-dukÂ´tans) that property of a circuit whereby changing current generates an electromotive force (EMF) in the same or a neighboring circuit; the EMF is proportional to the rate of change of the current and inductance is quantitated as the ratio of these two.