Myocardial ischemia is the primary manifestation of congenital or acquired coronary artery disease (CAD). In Coronary Artery Anomalies, Angelini comprehensively classifies coronary anomalies in (normal) human hearts, as follows: Anomalies of origination and course. Anomalies of intrinsic coronary arterial anatomy.
Heart disease and cancer still top the list as the leading causes of death in the United States, but the gap is closing between the two. A new report out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks at the shifting trends in Americans' health and mortality, and the conditions most likely to take lives.
The Top 10 Causes Of Death In The United States. In 2009, 2,436,652, Americans died. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a report presenting the leading causes of death that year. We've compiled the top 10 causes of death, which include heart and lung diseases. Some good news: the organization compared preliminary death rates for the causes from both 2009 and 2008 and found the death rate per 100,000 decreased by 17.7%.