Heart Bypass Surgery/Angioplasty

The primary NIH organization for research is National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

General/ Overviews

• Coronary Artery Disease: Bypass Graft (Animation Education Group)
• When You Need to Have Angioplasty: A Patient Guide (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• When You Need to Have a Bypass -- A Patient Guide (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)

Clinical Trials

• Clinical Studies: Heart Bypass (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)

Diagnosis/ Symptoms

• Angiography: X-Ray Exam of the Blood Vessels (Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology)
• Cardiac Catheterization (Animation Education Group)

Dictionaries/ Glossaries

• Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

News-Focused

• Biodegradable Stents In Human Arteries For The First Time (American Heart Association)
• Growing New Blood Vessels with a Timed-Release Capsule of Growth Factor is a Promising Treatment for Heart Bypass Patients (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Heart News (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.) - Select topic from topic menu on right

Organizations

• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Seniors

• People over 80 Are at Much Higher Risk of Death Following Coronary Angioplasty Than Younger Patients (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• Angioplasty, Laser (American Heart Association)
• Angioplasty, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary (PTCA) (American Heart Association)

Statistics

• Angioplasty and Cardiac Revascularization Treatments and Statistics (American Heart Association)

Treatment

• Emergency Angioplasty Or Bypass Surgery Saves Lives Of Heart Attack Patients With Cardiogenic Shock (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Types of Perfusion (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)