Expand your knowledge (and be better prepared for your doctor’s appointment)
Major Heart Diseases
Coronary Heart Disease (Plaque)
Valvular Heart Disease
Cardiomyopathy (Heart Muscle Disease)
Arrhythmia (Heart Rhythm Disease)
Other Heart Diseases
- Heart infections
- Congenital Heart Defects
- High Blood Pressure
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Montreal Heart Institute – Cardiovascular Disease
Other Resources
- Global Burden of Disease website
- Global Burden of disease (27-year study, 194 countries – Heart Disease is #1 cause of death, see page 10)
Heart Disease is Preventable
Raising awareness
of cardiovascular disease
Heart attack
(acute myocardial infarction)
Diastolic heart
failure pathophysiology
Dr Sanjay Gupta:
How to heart attack-proof your life
Dean Ornish: The world’s killer diet
Atherosclerosis
Circulatory System and Disease
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
systolic, diastolic, left & right side
Symptoms of left sided
heart failure
Dr. Kim Williams:
Fat, Sugar and Animal Protein – What’s the Harm?
Plaque Buildup
Heart attack (myocardial infarction) pathophysiology
What is heart failure?
Circulatory System and Disease
Symptoms of right sided
heart failure
Heart Attack Symptoms
and Prevention (Q&A)
How cholesterol clogs your arteries
Heart attack
(myocardial infarct) diagnosis
Systolic heart
failure pathophysiology
Heart failure diagnosis
Circulatory System and Disease