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.
constrain (kÉnËstreÉªn) vb (tr) 1. to compel or force, esp by persuasion, circumstances, etc; oblige 2. to restrain by or as if by force; confine [C14: from Old French constreindre, from Latin constringere to bind together, from stringere to bind] conËstrainer n. conâ¢strain (kÉnËstreÉªn) v.t. 1. to force, compel, or oblige.