Resources

• Accuracy of Adult Patients' Reports of Their Parents' Medical Histories (American College of Physicians)
• Aging and Diseases of the Heart (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Alcohol Alerts: Alcohol-An Important Women's Health Issue (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• American Heart Association Outlines 'Chilling' Plan to Prevent Brain Damage After Cardiac Arrest (American Heart Association)
• Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
• Angina and Heart Disease (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration)
• Bacterial Endocarditis (American Heart Association)
• Caffeine (American Heart Association)
• Calcification of the Pericardium (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Cardiac Nuclear Medicine (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Cardiac Rehabilitation [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Cardiovascular Disease: A Blueprint for Understanding the Leading Killer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Cardiovascular Specialists and Your Health Care (American College of Cardiology)
• Cellular Therapy: Potential Treatment for Heart Disease (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
• Check Your Cholesterol and Heart Disease I.Q. (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Check Your Physical Activity & Heart Disease I.Q. (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Children: Heart Disease & Health (American Heart Association)
• Cholesterol Counts for Everyone (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiovascular Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Arrest (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Computer Imaging / Tomography (American Heart Association)
• Control of Lipids in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (American College of Physicians)
• Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Dental Care and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Dental Plaque: A Risk Factor for Heart Disease? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Depression and Heart Disease (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Depression Can Break Your Heart (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Disparities in Heart Disease (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File
• Echocardiogram [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• Echocardiography Stress Test [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Electrocardiogram: Tracking Heartbeat Regulation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• Endocarditis (MayoClinic)
• Endocarditis (University of Maryland Medical Center)
• Endocarditis (Google Health)
• Endocarditis Prophylaxis Information (American Heart Association)
• Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• FASTATS: Heart Disease (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FDA Approves Drug-Eluting Stent for Clogged Heart Arteries (Food and Drug Administration)
• For Your Heart (Office on Women's Health, HHS)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) (American Society of Echocardiography)
• Genes and Disease: The Heart and Blood Vessels (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• HDL Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Healthy Heart (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player
• Healthy Heart Handbook for Women (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF File (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia (American Heart Association)
• Heart and Vascular Diseases (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Heart Attack, Stroke & Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs (American Heart Association)
• Heart Disease and Oral Health (National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• Heart Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Heart Diseases (Medline Plus)
• Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)
• Heart Surgery Overview (Texas Heart Institute)
• Heart Truth for Women (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Hearts and Arteries (National Institute on Aging)
• Hearts N' Parks (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Improving Cardiovascular Health in African Americans. Package of Seven Easy-To-Read Booklets (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Infective endocarditis: an analysis based on strict case definitions. (Google Health)
• Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Abnormalities of Coronary Arteries in People without Other Cardiac Risk Factors (American College of Physicians)
• JAMA Patient Page: Pericarditis (American Medical Association)
• La Verdad Acerca del Corazón (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• LDL Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Learn More about Chelation Therapy and the Study (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Link Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Lipid Profile (Lab Tests Online)
• Live Healthier, Live Longer: Lowering Blood Cholesterol for the Person With Heart Disease (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Make the Link! Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke (American Diabetes Association) - Links to PDF File
• Más Vale Prevenir: Que Lamentar An Ounce of Prevention: A Guide To Heart Health (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• MDMA Use May Increase Risk for Cardiac Valve Disease (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• MR Angiography (MRA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso (Nutrition for Heart Health) Serve Up a Healthy Life-Give the Gift of Good Nutrition (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso (Physical Activity for Heart Health) Be Active for a Healthy Heart (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic (Google Health)
• New Stats Show Heart Disease Still America's No. 1 Killer, Stroke No. 3 (American Heart Association)
• Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
• Oral Erythromycin Combined with a Number of Commonly Used Drugs May Increase the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Platelets and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Postmenopausal Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Have Triple the Risk of Heart Failure (American Heart Association)
• Pregnancy and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Prevention of bacterial endocarditis recommendations by the American Heart Association (Google Health)
• Sestamibi Exercise Stress Test (Cleveland Clinic)
• Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke (American Heart Association)
• State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Men (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Stay Young at Heart: Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Take Care of Your Heart. Manage Your Diabetes (National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF File (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Talk to Your Doctor--Be Part of Your Health Care Team (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• The Heart Truth: A National Awareness Campaign for Women (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• The Oral-Systemic Health Connection (National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• Treadmill Testing, EKG, and CT Scans Not Recommended for Screening Patients at Low Risk for Heart Disease (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Triglycerides Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Underusing Medications Because of Cost May Lead to Adverse Health Outcomes (National Institutes of Health)
• Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts Be Active for a Healthier Heart (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts Don't Burn Your Life Away--Be Good to Your Heart (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts Serve Up a Healthy Life--Give the Gift of Good Nutrition (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? (American Heart Association)
• What Do You Know about Men's Health? Heart Disease and Stroke in Men (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Woman's Heart (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women & Heart Disease (Texas Heart Institute)
• Women's Heart Foundation
• Women's Heart Health Education Initiative (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Women's Heart Health: Developing a National Health Education Action Plan (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)