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.
Communis may refer to: 1  Communis opinio, a Latin phrase referring to common opinion, or the generally accepted view. 2  Doctor Communis, a term for Saint Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274), an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church. 3  Fratres Communis Vitae, a Roman Catholic religious community founded in the 14th century.