Units used for measuring the level of cholesterol and other fats in the blood.

This stands for Body Mass Index. A calculation is done to divide your weight by your height which will tell you whether you weight too much, too little or are the right weight for your height.

The artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

 see: Catheter Ablation Therapy.

Repetitive, rhythmic exercise involving your muscles e.g. brisk walking, cycling and swimming.

A balloon like swelling of an artery.

Angina is when your heart muscle doesn't get as much blood and oxygen as it needs. It is a sign of heart disease, however it can be treated.

Special solution is injected into blood vessels and an X-ray picture is taken to show narrowed arteries.

A treatment to expand a narrowed artery.

A drug used to control an abnormal heart rhythm.