Heart Disease Resources for Patients
Cardiovascular diseases are the second-most common cause of death among Hispanic/Latino people. Many of these issues are preventable by addressing behavioral risk factors such as tobacco use, diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol use.
What is Heart Disease?
American Heart Association
What is Cardiovascular Disease?
World Heart Federation
What is Cardiovascular Disease?
World Health Organization
Cardiovascular diseases
Mayo Clinic
Heart disease
WebMD
Understanding Heart Disease
Center for Disease Control
About Heart Disease
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Types of Heart Disease
MedlinePlus
Heart Diseases
Heart Disease Prevention
American Heart Association
Lifestyle Changes for Heart Attack Prevention
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Fight Inflammation to Help Prevent Heart Disease
Office on Women's Health
Steps for Heart Disease Prevention
Center for Disease Control
Prevent Heart Disease
MedlinePlus
How to Prevent Heart Disease
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Preventing Heart Disease
Cleveland Clinic
How To Prevent Heart Disease
No Time To Wait
Common symptoms that may indicate Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) or another medical condition
Treatments for Heart Disease
Verywell Health
How Heart Disease Is Treated
Everyday Health
Treatment and Prevention of Heart Disease
Medical News Today
What to know about cardiovascular disease
Mayo Clinic
Heart disease
Heart Foundation
Heart treatments
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Atrial Fibrillation Disparities in Medicare
Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries
Recursos
MedlinePlus
Cómo prevenir las enfermedades del corazón
American Heart Association
10 maneras de mejorar tu salud cardíaca
American Heart Association
Ingredientes esenciales para la preparación de comidas saludables para el corazón
Estrategias para prevenir enfermedades del corazón
Puede prevenir enfermedades del corazón, siguiendo un estilo de vida saludable para el corazón. Estas son estrategias para ayudar a proteger tu corazón.
Prevención de las enfermedades cardiovasculares
Directrices para la evaluación
y el manejo del riesgo
cardiovascular
La Necesidad Urgente de Innovar en el Tratamiento de la Hipertensión
Asociación para Promover la Salud Cardiovascular
What is Heart Disease?
Heart disease is often used to refer to heart and blood vessel diseases, many of which are related to a process called atherosclerosis.
They include a variety of problems and conditions such as:
- Stroke: when blood supply to the brain is interrupted, usually from a blood clot
- Heart attack: when a blood clot cuts off blood flow to the heart
- Heart failure: when heart valves do not sufficiently pump blood
- Arrhythmia: abnormal heart rhythms1
According to the World Health Organization, heart disease is the number 1 cause of death globally. Many of these issues are preventable by addressing behavioral risk factors such as tobacco use, diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol use.2