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    Learn About Heart Disease: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
    Certain factors increase your risk of getting heart disease. You are at a higher risk if you are a woman age 55 or older, a man age 45 or older, or related to someone who had early heart disease. ... Details >
    National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    A Comparison of Different Programs To Improve Preventive Care for Cardiovascular Conditions   External Links Disclaimer Logo
    Patients in practices assigned to the multicomponent quality improvement program experienced greater improvements in the receipt of guideline-recommended care for cardiovascular disease than did patie... Details >
    American College of Physicians
    About the Disease  External Links Disclaimer Logo
    This medical information provides a basic overview of cardiomyopathy.... Details >
    Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation
    Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
    The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, designed this Web page as part of a campaign to increase Americans' awareness of the need to act fast ... Details >
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center
    Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders: Background Report
    This is a background report addressing cardiovascular health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders.... Details >
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
    African Americans and Stroke  External Links Disclaimer Logo
    This site offers information about how African Americans have an increased risk of stroke. Some factors include a higher rate of: High blood pressure, Diabetes, and Sickle cell anemia.... Details >
    National Stroke Association
    American Indian and Alaska Native Women's Health: Cardiovascular Disease
    This page features links to information about the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in women and the disparities in care for women who have cardiovascular disease.... Details >
    Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    American Indian/Alaska Natives and Cardiovascular Diseases  External Links Disclaimer Logo
    Fact sheet about cardiovascular disease in tje American Indian and Alaska Native population.... Details >
    American Heart Association
    An Ounce of Prevention: A Guide To Heart Health
    Also available in: Spanish
    An entertaining, colorful (comic-book style), bilingual guide presenting strategies for preventing heart disease. In a series of brief stories, it presents the Ramirez family deciding to make changes ... Details >
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Journal)  External Links Disclaimer Logo
    One of five monthly Journals written for the general public and healthcare professionals and published by the American Heart Association.... Details >
    American Heart Association
    Organizations
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    Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    American College of CardiologyExternal Links Disclaimer Logo
    American Heart AssociationExternal Links Disclaimer Logo
    American Stroke AssociationExternal Links Disclaimer Logo
    Congenital Heart Information NetworkExternal Links Disclaimer Logo
    Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/CDC

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