Heart Disease: Overview: References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart disease facts and statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm. Updated August 10, 2015. Accessed May 2016.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/. Updated January 2015. Accessed May 2016.

Women and heart disease facts. Women’s Heart Foundation. http://www.womensheart.org/content/heartdisease/heart_disease_facts.asp. Accessed May 2016.

Heart disease facts. The Heart Foundation. http://www.theheartfoundation.org/heart-disease-facts/heart-disease-statistics/. Updated 2015. Accessed May 2016.

Acute coronary syndrome. American Heart Association. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/AboutHeartAttacks/Acute-Coronary-Syndrome_UCM_428752_Article.jsp#.VkoLXGcm5Mw. Updated March 29, 2016. Accessed May 2016.

US Department of Health & Human Services. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. What is peripheral artery disease? https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pad. Updated November 2015. Accessed May 2016.

What is an aneurysm? American Heart Association. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/What-is-an-Aneurysm_UCM_454435_Article.jsp#.VkoYeWcm4Yo. Updated July 6, 2015. Accessed May 2016.