Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease: Introduction

Coronary heart disease: Coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, affects the blood vessels (or coronary arteries) of the heart. It causes ... more about Coronary heart disease.

Coronary heart disease: Disease affecting the heart's arteries (narrowed arteries). More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Coronary heart disease is available below.

Symptoms of Coronary heart disease

• Angina
• Heart attack
• No symptoms
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Coronary heart disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Coronary heart disease:

• Angina
• Coronary thrombosis (see Heart symptoms)
• Heart attack
• Coronary insufficiency
• Heart failure
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Coronary heart disease

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Diagnostic Tests for Coronary heart disease

• Physical exam
• Angiogram
• Physical examination
• Electrocardiogram
• Exercise ECG
• more tests...»

See full list of 7 diagnostic tests for Coronary heart disease

Wrongly Diagnosed with Coronary heart disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Coronary heart disease
• Failure to diagnose Coronary heart disease
• Hidden causes of Coronary heart disease (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Coronary heart disease: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Coronary heart disease: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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• High cholesterol
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Coronary heart disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
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  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Coronary heart disease

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from delaying...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure can simply...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of hypertension that can...read more »

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Coronary heart disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Cholesterol Specialists:
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  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Coronary heart disease

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Coronary heart disease:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Coronary heart disease, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Coronary heart disease: Rare Types

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• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
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  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Coronary heart disease

• Atheroma
• Atherosclerosis
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Coronary heart disease

More information about causes of Coronary heart disease:

• Underlying causes of Coronary heart disease
• Coronary heart disease as a complication caused by other conditions
• Coronary heart disease as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Coronary heart disease
• Cause statistics for Coronary heart disease

Treatments for Coronary heart disease

• Medications
  • Low-dose aspirin - may help avoid heart attacks and blood clots.
  • Beta-blockers - also reduces heart attack risk.
  • Anti-hypertensives - if the person has high blood pressure.
  • Nitroglycerine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 26 treatments for Coronary heart disease

Latest Treatments for Coronary heart disease

• Smoking cessation
• Statins
• Aspirin
• HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
• Cholestyramine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 13 latest treatments for Coronary heart disease

News Archives for Coronary heart disease

Medical news articles related to Coronary heart disease include:

• Coronary Heart Disease Not a Cheery Condition
• Cornflakes, White Bread Could Boost Heart Risk
• Laughter Can Boost Heart Health
• Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies
• Fewer Heart Surgeries Needed as Technology Improves
• Computerized Scan Detects Heart Disease
• Coordination Has Led to Quicker Heart Treatment
• Soothing Songs Please the Heart
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Coronary heart disease

Medical research articles related to Coronary heart disease include:

• Leptin and coronary heart disease: prospective study and systematic review
• Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients
• Effect of raloxifene on stroke and venous thromboembolism according to subgroups in postmenopausal women at increased risk of coronary heart disease
• A kinesin family member 6 variant is associated with coronary heart disease in the Women`s Health Study
• Rose angina predicts 23-year coronary heart disease mortality in women and men aged 40-49 years
• more research...»

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Videos for Coronary heart disease

Patient Surveys for Coronary heart disease

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Prognosis for Coronary heart disease

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Reseach about Coronary heart disease

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Prevention of Coronary heart disease

Prevention information for Coronary heart disease has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Coronary heart disease.

• Control blood pressure
• Control cholesterol
• Regular exercise
• Good nutrition
• Quit smoking
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Coronary heart disease

• Medical statistics for Coronary heart disease
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Coronary heart disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for Coronary heart disease
• Society statistics for Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease: Broader Related Topics

• Blood vessel conditions
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Heart conditions
• more types...»

Types of Coronary heart disease

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Article Excerpts about Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, affects the blood vessels (or coronary arteries) of the heart. It causes angina (chest pain) and heart attacks. Women over the age of 40 are more at risk for this disease because heart-related problems tend to increase with age. And, Black women are more likely to die of coronary heart disease than are White women. The good news is that you can do something about preventing this disease. High blood pressure and cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and not being physically active all put you at greater risk for coronary heart disease. (Source: excerpt from HEART AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: NWHIC)

Definitions of Coronary heart disease:

A stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls - (Source - WordNet 2.1)