Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease: Introduction
Cardiovascular Disease:
Cardiovascular disease includes heart disease and stroke. About 57
million Americans live with some form of cardiovascular disease, which
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Cardiovascular Disease: Diseases of the heart or blood vessels including cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke.
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causes, and treatments of Cardiovascular Disease is available below.
Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Cardiovascular Disease?
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Cardiovascular Disease: Related Patient Stories
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Types of Cardiovascular Disease
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Types of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease: Complications
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Causes of Cardiovascular Disease
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Disease Topics Related To Cardiovascular Disease
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Medical Textbooks Online about Cardiovascular Disease
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Cardiovascular Disease: Self Assessment Tools
Cardiovascular Disease: Medical Mistakes
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Cardiovascular Disease: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Cardiovascular Disease
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare cases, this undiagnosed...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even...read more »
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Cardiovascular Disease: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Cardiovascular Disease
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Cardiovascular Disease: Rare Types
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Latest Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease
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latest treatments for Cardiovascular Disease
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cardiovascular Disease
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Cardiovascular Disease: Animations
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Prognosis for Cardiovascular Disease
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Reseach about Cardiovascular Disease
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Clinical Trials for Cardiovascular Disease
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Cardiovascular Disease include:
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Clinical Trials for Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention information for Cardiovascular Disease has been compiled from various data sources
and may be inaccurate or incomplete.
None of these methods guarantee prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
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Statistics for Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease: Broader Related Topics
Types of Cardiovascular Disease
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Article Excerpts about Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease includes heart disease and stroke. About 57
million Americans live with some form of cardiovascular disease, which
causes more than 40% of all deaths in the United States; 950,000
Americans every year. Heart disease and stroke cost the nation almost
$260 billion annually.
(Source: excerpt from Facts About Cardiovascular Disease: CDC-OC)
Definitions of Cardiovascular Disease:
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the heart or the vessels (arteries, veins and lymph vessels). Representative examples of non-neoplastic cardiovascular disorders are endocarditis and hypertension. Representative examples of neoplastic cardiovascular disorders are endocardial myxoma and angiosarcoma. -- 2003
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