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.
Not to be confused with Paruresis. Paresis is a condition typified by a weakness of voluntary movement, or partial loss of voluntary movement or by impaired movement.hen used without qualifiers, it usually refers to the limbs, but it can also be used to describe the muscles of the eyes (ophthalmoparesis), the stomach (gastroparesis), and also the vocal cords (Vocal cord paresis).