Coronary Disease (Print Version)

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Coronary Disease

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/coronarydisease.html

Latest News

Periodontal and Heart Diseases Are Linked (10/27/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20899.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Artery Hardening Begins Early in Diabetes (10/27/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20890.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Depression Interferes with Exercise Stress Testing (10/27/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20889.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Inflammation Markers Signal Rapidly Advancing Coronary Disease (09/20/2004, American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3024940

From the National Institutes of Health

What Is Atherosclerosis? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Atherosclerosis/Atherosclerosis_WhatIs.html
What Is Coronary Artery Disease? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Cad/CAD_WhatIs.html

Overviews

Coronary Artery Disease (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/coronary.htm
Understanding Coronary Artery Disease (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/understandingcad.htm

Anatomy/Physiology

Your Coronary Arteries (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/cad_arteries.htm

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Chest X-Rays: Helping Detect Heart and Lung Conditions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00019
Coronary Angiography (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11222
Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/coronaryangiographyandangioplastyloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/coronaryangiographyandangioplastyspanishloader.html
Echocardiogram (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiogramloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiogramspanishloader.html
Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00012
Echocardiography Stress Test (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiographystresstestloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiographystresstestspanishloader.html
Exercise Testing and Nuclear Scanning (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/107/16/e100.pdf
Frequently Asked Questions about Exercise Stress Echocardiography (American Society of Echocardiography) - http://www.seemyheart.org/stress.html
What Are the Symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/cadsymptoms.htm

Treatment

MedlinePlus: Angioplasty (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/angioplasty.html
MedlinePlus: Heart Bypass Surgery (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartbypasssurgery.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/heartbypasssurgery.html
Stent (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation - http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/stent.html

Health Check Tools

Risk Assessment Tool for Heart Attack or Coronary Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003499

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Coronary Arteriosclerosis (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003324&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Coronary Disease (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003327&recruiting;=true
Learn More about Chelation Therapy and the Study (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/chelation/chelationstudy.htm

Specific Conditions

Acute Coronary Occlusion: A Common Cause of Heart Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00462
Atherosclerosis (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/atheroscle.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Spanish/atheroscle.htm
Cardiac Ischemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01646
Coronary Artery Spasm (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4520

Prevention/Screening

Cardiac Angioplasty Device (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animations - http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/angioplasty.html
Coronary Heart Disease: Reducing Your Risk (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/239.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e239.xml
MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseasesprevention.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/heartdiseasesprevention.html
Scanning for Heart Disease: Help or Hype? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00015
Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/7/I-95
Use of New Imaging Techniques to Screen for Coronary Artery Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/8/e50.pdf

Disease Management

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment: Medical Management (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/treatment_medical.htm

Coping

Living with Coronary Artery Disease (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/livingwithcad.htm

Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00017

Related Issues

Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Coronary Heart Disease (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa45-text.htm
How Does Coronary Artery Disease Develop? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/caddevelop.htm

Research

Cognitive Function and Carotid Artery Disease (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/4/I-34
Invasive versus Conventional Management of Elderly Patients with Acute Coronary Artery Disease: Which Is Better? (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/3/I-56
Statin Therapy and the Outcomes during Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndromes (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/11/I-29
Tight Glucose Control in Diabetes Lowers Risk of Atherosclerosis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niddk-04.htm

Genetics

Gene Variation in Immune System Cells Lowers Heart Disease Risk (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2003/niaid-15.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology (Texas Heart Institute) - http://www.tmc.edu/thi/glossary.html

Organizations

American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Statistics

New Stats Show Heart Disease Still America's No. 1 Killer, Stroke No. 3 (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018015

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Angina - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/angina.html
Heart Attack - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartattack.html
Heart Bypass Surgery - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartbypasssurgery.html
Heart Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html
Heart and Circulation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartandcirculation.html
Seniors' Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Coronary Disease is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 28 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 13 July 2004