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.
For the age-adjusted death rate of 724.6 deaths per 100,000, down 1% from 2013, heart disease and cancer were still the top two causes of death in the United States in 2014, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics published June 30 in National Vital Statistics Reports.