February is American Heart Month
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. for both men and women. This week's My MedlinePlus newsletter is dedicated to increasing awareness and prevention of heart disease.
A good place to start is by learning more about the cardiovascular system.
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If you're like most people, you think that heart disease is a problem for others. But heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many different forms of heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart itself. This is called coronary artery diseaseand happens slowly over time. It's the major reason people have heart attacks.
Other kinds of heart problems may happen to the valves in the heart, or the heart may not pump well and cause heart failure. Some people are born with heart disease.
You can help reduce your risk of heart disease by taking steps to control factors that put you at greater risk:
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Heart Disease (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)Also in Spanish
- What Are Heart Disease and Stroke?
(American Heart Association)Also in Spanish - Your Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Cholesterol Levels (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- EKGs and Exercise Stress Tests: When You Need Them for Heart Disease - and When You Don't (ABIM Foundation)
- Heart Health Tests: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- hs-CRP Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Lipoprotein (a) Blood Test (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Picturing the Heart (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering)
- Cardiac Risk Assessment (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- CDC Vital Signs: Heart Age - Is Your Heart Older Than You?(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish
- Heart Disease Risk Factors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- How to Prevent Heart Disease: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Lipid Panel (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Risks for Heart Disease & Stroke(American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services)
- Blood Thinners: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Cardiac Medications (American Heart Association)
- Chelation for Coronary Heart Disease (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Heart Surgery: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Herbal Supplements May Not Mix with Heart Medicines(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)Also in Spanish
- Medications: Myths Versus Facts (American Heart Association)
- Meditation and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Time to Talk: Five Things to Know about Omega-3s for Heart Disease (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- What Is a Ventricular Assist Device? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Coping with Feelings
(American Heart Association) - Heart-Healthy Recipe of the Week (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Protein and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Air Pollution, Climate, and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Alcohol and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- All about Heart Rate (Pulse) (American Heart Association)
- Caffeine and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Cold Weather and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
- Dental Health and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Finding the Right Doctor (American Heart Association)
- Flu and Heart Disease and Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish
- Heart Disease, Stroke, or Other Cardiovascular Disease and Adult Vaccination(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish
- Hospice Care (American Heart Association)
- Illegal Drugs and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Inflammation and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Medication Interactions: Food, Supplements and Other Drugs (American Heart Association)
- Mental Health and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Sexual Health Concerns in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
- Single-Parent and Working-Parent Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease, Stroke (American Heart Association)
- Stress and Heart Health (American Heart Association)
- Travel and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- African-Americans and Heart Disease, Stroke (American Heart Association)
- Cardiac Amyloidosis (American Heart Association)
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis (National Jewish Health) - PDF
- Enlarged Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)Also in Spanish
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Myocardial Bridge (Texas Heart Institute)Also in Spanish
- Myocardial Ischemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)Also in Spanish
- Overview of Heart Tumors (Merck & Co., Inc.)Also in Spanish
- Palpitations (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Silent Ischemia (Texas Heart Institute)
- Top 10 Myths about Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
- Genetic Testing for Inherited Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Genetics Home Reference: familial HDL deficiency (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Tangier disease (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Williams syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Healthy Heart Quizzes (American Heart Association)
- Blood flow (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Cardiovascular system (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) (BroadcastMed) - Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS, 2/17/2009
- Transradial Approach for Cardiac Catheterization: The New Frontier of Coronary Intervention (BroadcastMed) - University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 6/26/2014
- FastStats: Heart Disease (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics (American Heart Association)
- Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiovascular Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- Heart Anatomy (Texas Heart Institute)Also in Spanish
- Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia (American Heart Association)
- Heart Information Center (Texas Heart Institute)Also in Spanish
- How the Heart Works (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- American Heart Association
- Find an Interventional Radiologist (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Cardiovascular Conditions of Childhood (American Heart Association)
- Commonly Asked Questions about Children and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Heart Disease (For Kids) (Nemours Foundation)Also in Spanish
- Heart Disease -- The Top 10 Reasons Men Put Off Doctor Visits (American Heart Association)
- Men and Heart Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Heart Disease in Women: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Heart Health (National Institute on Aging)
- Aspirin and heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Being active when you have heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Electrocardiogram (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Exercise stress test (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Heart disease - risk factors (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Heart disease and depression (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Understanding cardiovascular disease (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Warning signs and symptoms of heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
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