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 FDA also explains how coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis happens.

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

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.