Angioplasty Health information topics about Angioplasty: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Normal Heart and How It Works American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=770 Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Angioplasty National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=angioplasty&recruiting=true Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/doc/3564 National Institutes of Health 1. Heart Attack: Special Procedures National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/aha/spepro.htm 2. What Is Coronary Angioplasty? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Angioplasty/Angioplasty_WhatIs... Organizations 1. American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Coronary Angioplasty: Opening Clogged Arteries to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00485 2. Balloon Angioplasty and Stents Texas Heart Institute http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/angioplasty.html Rehabilitation/Recovery 1. Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00017 Related Issues 1. FDA Advises Physicians of Adverse Events Associate Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01257.html 2. Cardiac Angioplasty Device Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/angioplasty.html 3. Angioplasty Versus Bypass Surgery for Coronary Art American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/106/23/e187.pdf 4. Angioplasty, Laser American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4446 Research 1. Surgery Better Than Drugs for Serious Lack of Bloo American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012085 2. Surgery or Angioplasty? New Scale Helps Physicians American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028763 3. Women with Heart Attacks Benefit from Stenting American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3029977 Specific Conditions 1. Atherectomy American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4433 2. Angioplasty and Vascular Stenting American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/angioplasty.htm 3. Angioplasty and Stenting Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoi... Statistics 1. 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