Coronary artery disease, heart attacks, angina, angioplasty and stents

Cardiac rehabilitation plays a very important role in getting you back to health after a heart attack

Several risk factors, some controllable and some not controllable, increase the risk of heart attack.

Exercise recommendations for people who have congenital coronary artery abnormalities

A patient with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease has many decisions to make about lifestyle choices, surgery, stenting or medical therapy

Acute coronary syndrome - ACS - occurs when a plaque in a coronary artery ruptures, causing a blood clot to form within the artery, and blocking blood flow to the heart muscle.

Preventing acute coronary syndrome - ACS - is an important goal in treating heart disease.

How tests are used to diagnose coronary artery disease

An overview of the options for treating coronary artery disease.

The medical treatment for angina and ischemia include lifestyle changes and medication.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) generally refers to atherosclerosis affecting arteries other than the those of the heart and brain.

Learn the definition of claudication.

What you should know about atherosclerosis.

Ranexa - ranolazine - is the first of a new class of drugs used for treating angina.

Calcium channel blockers dilate blood vessels, reduce the force of heart muscle contraction, and slow the heart rate, thus reducing the risk of angina in patients with coronary artery disease.

Beta blockers block the effect of adrenaline on the heart, and reduce the risk of developing angina during periods of stress and exercise.

A stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel.

An artery is a blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, and to the tissues of the body.

Acute coronary syndrome - ACS - is a spectrum of clinical disorders produced by the formation of blood clots within the coronary arteries.

The coronary arteries supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle.

Plaques are deposits in the walls of arteries which consist of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and large cells called macrophages.

of or pertaining to the heart muscle

Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries which results in the formation of characteristic plaques in the walls of the arteries. Atherosclerotic plaques consist of deposits of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and large cells called macrophages.

Stable angina occurs when there is a partial blockage in a coronary artery that prevents adequate blood flow to the heart muscle during periods of stress or exercise.

Angina is the name given to the symptoms, usually chest pain or chest discomfort, produced when the heart muscle is not getting enough oxygen.

Our thinking about Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) has changed over the past decade. This new thinking is important if you have or wish to avoid coronary artery disease.

Key symptoms associated with heart disease.

Articles about the treatment of coronary artery disease

An overview of heart disease.

Ranolazine appears to be safe in the treatment of angina

The American Heart Association finally recommends coronary artery calcium scores by CT scans for some

Should you have noninvasive screening for CAD?

Clopidogrel (Plavix) was ineffective in stable coronary artery patients.

News from the 2006 ACC Scientific Sessions

Coronary artery disease in women is often "atypical."

EECP for angina

An overview of coronary artery disease, its diagnosis and treatment

A brief discussion of the relationship between heart attacks and kidney disease.

Ultrasound imaging of heart disease

Why it is important to call EMS if you think you might be having a heart attack

One man's story of changing after a heart attack.

Cardiac syndrome x

Status of stemm cell therapy for heart attacks

Traveling and heart attacks

Diagnosing microvascular angina

Microvascular angina

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David Letterman's heart disease

Bill Clinton's heart disease

Larry King's heart disease

Drew Carey's Heart Disease

Tim Russert's Heart Disease

Sooner or later most of us will be affected by coronary artery disease (CAD), either in ourselves or in our loved ones. While CAD remains the number one killer in the developed world, getting good medical care can make all the difference. And getting good medical care means you need to know a lot about CAD. These articles will help you understand what CAD is, what kinds of problems it causes, how…

Endothelial dysfunction is the condition in which the endothelium (inner lining) of blood vessels does not function normally.

Kawasaki disease can produce both acute and chronic cardiac complications.

Prinzemetal's angina is chest pain caused by coronary artery spasm.