Heart Disease State Management

Heart disease is a generic term for a variety of conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. These cardiovascular diseases include: coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular disease to name a few. Unavoidable risk factors for attaining heart disease include genetic predisposition, age, sex, and race. Risk factors that can be modified with lifestyle change and medication therapy include obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking, stress, alcohol, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity. Although we are unable to impact a patient’s unavoidable risk factors, you can help your patients identify those risk factors that can be changed and assist them in prioritizing those modification to their lifestyles that can help minimize their risk of heart disease.

Links - Heart Disease

Center For Disease Control National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Cardiovascular Health Program.

About.com Heart Disease and Cardiology Home Page Many links about heart disease, treatment and cure.

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

BBC HEALTH: The Heart Disease Guide looks at coronary heart disease, its causes and the treatments available, and how to reduce your risks of heart disease. There's also a section dedicated to heart disease organisations and support services.

British Heart Foundation aims to play a leading role in the fight against heart disease so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.

Congenital Heart Information Network is an international organization that provides reliable information, support services and resources to families of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, adults with congenital heart defects, and the professionals who work with them.

The Gum Disease - Heart Disease Project Linking Gum Disease with Heart Disease.

Helping Heart Disease Patients and Families is committed to helping heart disease patients and families/caregivers.

National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease was founded by a group of women heart attack survivors who joined together to improve the quality of life for all women who are living with heart disease.

Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease; Cause & Prevention

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