What is Heart Disease?

• Anatomy of the heart
• What is a heart attack?
• What is cardiac arrest?
• What is atherosclerosis?

Warning Signals

• Heart attack
• Cardiac arrest

Prevention of Risk Factors

• Diabetes
• High blood cholesterol
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Being overweight
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Physical inactivity
• Smoking
• Stress
• Risk Factors you can't control

Emergency Care/CPR

• AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators)
• CPR courses
• CPR training

Heart Disease Conditions

• Angina
• Arrhythmia
• Atherosclerosis
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congenital heart disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart block
• Infective endocarditis
• Kawasaki disease
• Long QT Syndrome
• Marfan Syndrome
• Pericarditis
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Valve disorders

Tests

• Angiography/arteriography
• Blood and urine
• Cardiac catheterization
• Chest X-ray
• Doppler ultrasound
• Echocardiogram
• Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
• Electrophysiology Studies (EPS)
• Exercise electrocardiogram (stress test)
• Holter or event monitoring
• Physical exam
• Thallium/cardiolite scan
• Tilt table exam
• Transesophogeal echocardiogram (TEE)

Treatment

• Medications
• Surgery and other procedures

Other resources

• Blood pressure guidelines (2006) (PDF)
• Health dictionary
• Heart and Soul: Your Guide to Living with Congenital Heart Disease (PDF)
• Heart&Stroke Risk Assessment^TM
• Managing Congestive Heart Failure (PDF)
• Recovery Road (PDF)
• Taking control: Lower your risk of heart disease and stroke (PDF)

Living With Heart Disease

• Resuming activities
• Cardiac rehabilitation