Patient Education Information

How Does Coronary Artery Disease Develop? - The Cleveland Clinic explains it.

What is Atherosclerosis? - The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has created this fact sheet.

Circle of Blood - The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia describes and illustrates the circulatory system.

Coronary Artery Disease - The Mayo Clinic offers this information.

Genes and Disease: Atherosclerosis - The National Center for Biotechnology Information has created this information about the genetic inheritance of atherosclerosis.

JAMA Patient Page: Acute Coronary Syndromes - This comes from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.