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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
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 >
This medical information provides a basic overview of cardiomyopathy.... Details >
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
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
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 >
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
Fact sheet about cardiovascular disease in tje American Indian and Alaska Native population.... Details >
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
One of five monthly Journals written for the general public and healthcare professionals and published by the American Heart Association.... Details >
Data on Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Disease.... Details >
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) provides full-text health information for consumers about cardiovascular diseases in both English and Spanish.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This consumer version of Clinical Practice Guideline No. 17 was written to help you learn how to lower your risk for future heart problems. You will also learn tips for finding a cardiac rehab plan th... Details >
This section links to topics that cover a range of cardiovascular conditions including angina, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack and heart failure.... Details >
This section links to topics that cover a range of tests and treatments for cardiovascular conditions and tips on disease management, recovery, and taking medication.... Details >
You can make lifestyle choices that can reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke. These information sheets will help you get started. Topics include smoking, diet and nutrition, physical activity... Details >
This site provides a self-assessment for women on cardiovascular disease; this assessment will help you prevent one of the leading causes of death in American women, exceeding all forms of cancers com... Details >
This report presents focus group findings from interviews conducted in the Vietnamese community of Houston, Texas. The NHLBI worked in partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health F... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
This monthly journal features cutting edge clinical investigations in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine, such as pulmonology, cardiology, thoracic surgery, transplantation, sleep and... Details >
The American College of Cardiology provides a framework of evidence-based clinical statements & guidelines developed by leaders in the field of cardiovascular medicine to help address contemporary pra... Details >
Many children with congenital heart and blood vessel defects may need medical treatment such as diuretics, digoxin or other drugs. This section describes surgical procedures used for congenital cardio... Details >
Since pediatric cardiomyopathy is a highly variable disease with a multitude of causes, the disease's severity and outcome may be different for each child. Therefore, the type of care required may var... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-sid... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-sid... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Useful information for patients about angioplasty procedures and devices technologies, treatments for heart disease.... Details >
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This report investigates how dietary or supplemental omega-3 fatty acids affect particular cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes such as myocardial infarction and stroke, and examines evidence of adve... Details >
Heart disease and stroke, the principal causes of cardiovascular disease, are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Risk factors often occur to... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Also available in: Spanish
Peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D., develops when your arteries become clogged with plaque—fatty deposits that limit blood flow to your legs. Just like clogged arteries in the heart, clogged arter... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
One in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 has peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D., a condition that raises the risk for heart attack and stroke. P.A.D. is more common in African Americans than ... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
This new web site gives you reliable information about the products used to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease. It includes full descriptions and patient instructions for many medicat... Details >
For the Health of Your Heart (Salud para su Corazón) is a comprehensive community-based heart-health promotion initiative from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that targets Latinos living... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
The For Your Heart web site escorts you through a short, confidential survey of questions about your health and lifestyle. Based on your answers, it provides you with a series of articles detailing th... Details >
This site provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about Erythromelalgia.... Details >
This evidence report summarizes clinical studies of garlic in humans. It addresses the effects on cardiovascular-related disease and factors such as lipids, blood pressure, glucose, atherosclerosis, a... Details >
This web site links visitors to many resources related to cardiovascular diseases. Includes: consumer health information booklets - some in Spanish -on high blood pressure, obesity and cholesterol; re... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
This page links to stroke related information, including, organizations and resources, exercises and recommendations, a full guide, and more.... Details >
Signs of acute coronary artery disease lead to nearly 1.5 million hospital admissions each year in the United States. These patients have either angina (chest pain) or myocardial infarction (MI), whic... Details >
JACC publishes original peer-reviewed clinical and experimental reports on all aspects of cardiovascular disease. Topics covered include coronary artery and valve disease, congenital heart defects, va... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-sid... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
The purpose of the Framingham Heart Study was to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its development over a long period of time. Beginning in 1948 resear... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
This database includes information on all NHLBI clinical trials that are currently recruiting patients, including sponsored research in various universities, medical centers, and hospitals.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
The Trial To Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) is the first large-scale, multicenter study to determine the safety and efficacy of EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid) chelation therapy for individ... Details >
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Sort by name, city, state, or zip code in this vascular medicine and biology member directory.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
One in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 has peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D., a common, yet serious, disease that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. This Web site will help you lea... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
A magazine about "life after stroke" for stroke survivors, caregivers, family members, and healthcare professionals. The magazine may be viewed and read online in Adobe Acrobat file format.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-si... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
This site provides basic information about Erythromelalgia, including the symptoms, location of the symptoms and what triggers EM episodes.... Details >
This page provides information about a program to teach both men and women about stroke prevention and the importance of recognizing stroke symptoms in each other. It also has information on how to or... Details >
The WHI focus is on the major causes of death, disability and frailty in postmenopausal women. The overall goal of WHI is to reduce coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and bone frac... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health