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 leading causes of death are the same for different age-race-sex groups, but their ranking order. varies. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for most of the groups. Cancer is as. common as heart disease within the youngest age group, 65-74 years of age, but decreases in. importance with age, ranking third among women 85 years of age and older.