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  1. Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
  2. Coronary Artery Disease Includes causes and symptoms of heartdisease. Looks at cholesterol, hypertension, and risk of heart attack. Covers diet, physical activity, and treatment with medicines, angioplasty, and bypass surgery. Includes how to help prevent heartdisease.
  3. Coronary Artery Disease: Making Peace With Medicines Learn how others accept taking heart medicines as part of daily life.
  4. Coronary Artery Disease: Family History
  5. Heart Attack and Stroke: Lowering a Woman's Risk See how three women made heart-healthy lifestyle changes to help lower their risk for heart attack and stroke.
  6. Heart Attack and Stroke in Women: Reducing Your Risk Covers risk of heartdisease and stroke in women. Lists things that increase risk. Lists prevention steps, such as diet, exercise, not smoking, managing cholesterol and blood pressure, and making decisions on birth control and hormone therapy.
  7. Heart Attack and Stroke: A Woman's Risk Learn why it's important to know your risks for heart attack and stroke if you're a woman.
  8. Coronary Artery Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart Covers importance of regular exercise when you have coronary artery disease. Guides you through working with your doctor to create a program that includes stretching, aerobic exercise, and resistance training. Provides tips for exercising safely, and explains the basics of strength training.
  9. Coronary Artery Disease: 7 Ways to Help Lower Your Risk for a Heart Attack Learn seven ways that can help you lower your risk for a heart attack.
  10. Coronary Artery Disease: Getting Back on Track See how to get back to taking care of your heart.
  11. Coronary Artery Disease: Every Step Matters Learn how heartdisease affects you and how to help prevent a heart attack.
  12. Coronary Artery Disease: 5 Ways to Help Lower Your Risk Learn how a heart-healthy lifestyle can help lower your risk for coronary artery disease.
  13. Coronary Artery Disease: Prevention Myths
  14. Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Bypass Surgery? Guides you through decision to have bypass surgery. Covers other treatment options. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  15. Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram? Guides you through the decision to have an angiogram. Explains why the test is done and what it can show. Discusses why you might or might not want to have the test. Lists risks and benefits. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
  16. Coronary Artery Disease: Moving Forward See how a diagnosis of heartdisease inspired others to care for their heart.
  17. Coronary Artery Disease: Should I Have Angioplasty for Stable Angina? Guides you through the decision to have angioplasty when you have stable angina. Lists benefits and risks of angioplasty and medical therapy. Explains why lifestyle changes are still important. Includes interactive tool to help you with your decision.
  18. Coronary Artery Disease: Being Active Learn how regular exercise can help your heart get stronger and healthier.
  19. Coronary Artery Disease: Roles of Different Doctors
  20. Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease Learn what bypass surgery does for your heart and what will happen during surgery.
  21. Coronary Artery Disease: Commit to Making an Exercise Plan Picture an exercise plan you would enjoy, and commit to taking small steps to get there.
  22. Coronary Artery Disease and Alcohol
  23. Weight and Coronary Artery Disease
  24. Coronary Artery Disease and Depression Learn how keeping your mood healthy can also help keep your heart healthy.
  25. Depression and Anxiety When You Have Coronary Artery Disease
  26. Coronary Artery Disease: Helping a Loved One
  27. Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease
  28. Learning About Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke Learn what raises your risk for having a heart attack or stroke and how you can lower your risk.
  29. Heart Failure Describes heart failure (congestive heart failure). Discusses common causes like hypertension and coronary artery disease. Has info on symptoms. Covers diagnostic tests and treatments. Discusses heart failure classification system and stages of CHF.
  30. Heart and Circulation Provides link to info on high cholesterol and cholesterol/triglyceride tests. Also has links to info on coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease of the legs, plus tools to decide about treatment options.
  31. Statins: Should I Take Them to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke? Guides people not already diagnosed with coronary artery disease through decision to take statin medicine to lower risk of heart attack or stroke. Covers cholesterol and other risk factors. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  32. Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke Discusses taking aspirin to prevent a first and second heart attack for people who have coronary artery disease. Covers aspirin therapy to help lower risk of a stroke. Discusses if aspirin therapy is for you. Looks at things to avoid while taking aspirin.
  33. Coronary Angiogram: How Others Decided Hear what other people thought about as they decided whether to have a coronary angiogram.
  34. How to Prevent a Second Heart Attack Learn how medicines and a healthy lifestyle help protect you from another heart attack.
  35. Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
  36. Coronary Angiogram: Returning Home Learn how you'll feel after a coronary angiogram and how to take care of yourself at home.
  37. Coronary Angioplasty Covers a procedure, also called percutaneous coronary intervention, to widen narrow coronary arteries for stable angina and heart attack. Includes a slideshow of angioplasty. Describes use of stent and balloon to open artery. Explains why it's done and when it's not done. Includes how well it works, risks, and recovery...
  38. Heart Health: Walking for a Healthy Heart Covers walking as one of the easiest ways to increase your physical activity and improve health. Outlines how to safely start a walking program. Provides tips for staying motivated.
  39. Coronary Angioplasty: Before Your Procedure Learn how angioplasty opens narrowed or blocked coronary arteries to improve blood flow.
  40. Coronary Angioplasty: Returning Home Find out how you'll feel after coronary angioplasty and how to take care of yourself at home.
  41. Metabolic Syndrome Discusses metabolic syndrome, a group of health problems. These problems increase the risk for diabetes and heartdisease (coronary artery disease). Covers risk factors like obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Covers diet and exercise to improve health.
  42. Heart-Healthy Diet Learn how to start eating foods that are good for your heart.
  43. Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Heart Learn why having diabetes raises your risk for heartdisease and what you can do about it.
  44. Thinking About a Coronary Angiogram Learn what a coronary angiogram is and explore ideas for talking to your doctor to decide if this test is right for you.
  45. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Covers types of coronary bypass surgeries, also called CABG. Includes minimally invasive surgeries. Includes a slideshow of CABG. Looks at when surgery is done. Describes how surgery is done, recovery time, and risks.
  46. Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Screening
  47. American Heart Association Healthy Diet Guidelines
  48. Coronary Calcium Scan: Should I Have This Test? Guides you through the decision to have a coronary calcium scan. Explains why a coronary calcium scan is done and what it can show. Lists treatments that might come after a coronary calcium scan. Lists risks and benefits. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
  49. Coronary Angiogram: Before Your Procedure Learn how and why an angiogram is done as well as how to prepare for an angiogram.
  50. Manage Stress for Your Heart
  51. Heart Attack: How to Prevent Another One
  52. Cardiac Catheterization in Children
  53. Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish and Fish Oil
  54. Diabetes: Lower Your Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke
  55. Heart Valve Repair or Replacement: Before Your Surgery Learn how surgery is done to repair or replace heart valves.
  56. Statins Are Important After a Heart Attack Learn why taking a statin pill is such an important part of your treatment.
  57. Physical Activity Helps Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke
  58. Thrombolytics for Heart Attack and Stroke
  59. Aspirin: Should I Take Daily Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke? Guides people who have not had a heart attack or a stroke through decision to take daily aspirin. Discusses benefits and risks. Looks at who can take daily aspirin. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
  60. Preventing a Heart Attack or Stroke: How Aspirin May Help See why your doctor may prescribe aspirin to help prevent a heart attack or stroke.
  61. Types of Bradycardia
  62. The Effects of High Blood Pressure Learn how high blood pressure that isn't treated can cause serious health problems.
  63. Stress Echocardiogram
  64. Angina
  65. Familial Lipid Disorders
  66. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Lifestyle Changes
  67. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Medicine and Exercise
  68. Cardiac Rehabilitation Team
  69. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Monitoring Your Body's Response to Exercise
  70. Cardiac Rehab: How It Can Help Hear how cardiac rehab helped others have less fear and be more sure about how to live with a heart problem.
  71. Cardiac Rehabilitation Discusses cardiac rehabilitation (rehab), which helps you feel better and reduce risk of future heart problems with exercise and lifestyle changes. Looks at rehab for people who have heart conditions such as heart attack, heart surgery, or heart failure.
  72. Cardiac Rehab: What Is It? Learn how cardiac rehab works and how it can help you get stronger and feel better.
  73. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Hospital Program
  74. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Home Program
  75. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Outpatient Program
  76. Sick Sinus Syndrome
  77. Beta-Blockers
  78. What Is Clot-Busting (Thrombolytic) Treatment? Learn how clot-busting medicines are used for emergencies like stroke and heart attack.
  79. Cholesterol: How It Raises Your Risk Learn how high cholesterol raises your risk for heart attack and stroke.
  80. Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Deciding About Surgery
  81. Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
  82. ACE Inhibitors and ARBs: Helping Blood Flow Better Find out why it's important to keep taking your ACE inhibitor or ARB and how to make it easier.
  83. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Weight and Resistance Training
  84. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Exercise
  85. Blood Thinners Other Than Warfarin: Taking Them Safely
  86. Cardiac Rehabilitation: Maintenance Program
  87. Nausea and Vomiting, Age 12 and Older Briefly discusses the common causes of nausea and vomiting, including stomach illnesses, infections, health conditions, and medicines. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.

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