Heart Disease and Cardiology Resources
Here are several links to excellent general Internet resources for heart disease and cardiology. For more specific links, see the subject listing in the left-hand column.
The American Heart Association
Well-organized, succinct summaries of essential information on virtually
every aspect of cardiovascular prevention and disease.- with a smattering of
advocacy thrown in.
The American College of Cardiology
The best part of this site is a listing of official College policy
statements on various aspects of cardiac disease. The College policy
statements have a large impact on the practice of cardiology in the U.S.
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute
A very useful site with many well-written pages on how to prevent and
treat cardiac disease.
Drkoop.com provides well-written and accurate articles on a variety of topics related to heart disease. If you want to visit this site, however, maybe you'd better hurry if the Wall Street analysts are right.
The WebMD heart disease
site
Timely articles on cardiac disorders. This site often features well-done
interpretations of recently reported medical research.
NOAH -
the CUNY heart disease site
This New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) site offers a comprehensive list of
Internet links, nicely organized according to cardiovascular disorders.
The
on-line Merck Manual on cardiovascular conditions
The venerable Merck Manual is now on-line. Its section on cardiovascular
disorders is well-organized and reasonably comprehensive.
Cardiac
educational materials from the Virtual Hospital
The Virtual Hospital from the University of Iowa was among the first health
sites on the Internet, and is still among the best. The referenced page
offers a list of well-written patient education materials related to heart
disease.
Wellness Web's Heart
Disease Site
A well-organized and award-winning health care site that provides many useful
links related to heart disease.
Heartpoint.com
A unique site that presents clear if somewhat idiosyncratic discussions of most
common cardiac conditions.
Test
your Heart IQ
An on-line quiz (with answers) covering many aspects of heart disease
and risk factors.
How
blood flows through the heart
An animation that is reasonably clear and easy to understand.
Click on this site and go put on a load of laundry - when you come back the
animation will be running.
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