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TheAmerican Heart Associationrecently backed a study that closely examined previously unidentified factors that lead to death from heart disease.

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Read on to see what the researchers found as the intriguing effects they say coffee on the heart.

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Decaffeinated coffee was associated with higher heart failure risk.

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(Heart failurebeing defined as the heart’s weakness in pumping blood.)

Regular coffee seemed to lower heart failure risk.

Two cups may be the magic number.

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However, those who drank two cups a day saw around a 30% lower risk.

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