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.
While heart disease and cancer led the causes of death in 2010 for adults, in the age group 10 to 24 years, suicide (15%) and homicide (14.9%) followed unintentional injuries as numbers 2 and 3. Cancer came in fourth, accounting for 6.4% of deaths, followed by heart disease, accounting for 3.5% of deaths.