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A Comparison of Different Programs To Improve Preventive Care for Cardiovascular Conditions 
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 >
About the Disease
This medical information provides a basic overview of cardiomyopathy.... Details >
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
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 >
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
Fact sheet about cardiovascular disease in tje American Indian and Alaska Native population.... Details >
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (Journal)
One of five monthly Journals written for the general public and healthcare professionals and published by the American Heart Association.... Details >
Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Diseases
Data on Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Disease.... Details >
Ask NOAH About: Heart Disease and Stroke
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) provides full-text health information for consumers about cardiovascular diseases in both English and Spanish.... Details >
Cardiac Rehabilitation (Consumer's Guide)
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 >
Cardiovascular Conditions
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 >
Cardiovascular Conditions: Treatments and Tests
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 >
Cardiovascular Diseases: Lifestyle and Risk Reduction
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 >
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment for Women
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 >
Cardiovascular Risk in the Vietnamese Community: Formative Research from Houston, Texas
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
CHEST: Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care Journal
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 >
Clinical Statements and Guidelines from the American College of Cardiology
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 >
Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Treatments
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 >
Coping & Healing
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 >
Devices and Procedures: A Patients' Guide
Useful information for patients about angioplasty procedures and devices technologies, treatments for heart disease.... Details >
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Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Disease
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 >
Facts About Heart Disease and Stroke Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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
Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.)
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
Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) for African Americans
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
FDA Heart Health Online
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 Your Heart
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 >
Frequently Asked Questions about Erythromelalgia
This site provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about Erythromelalgia.... Details >
Heart and Vascular Diseases Information for Patients and the General Public
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
HOPE: The Stroke Recovery Guide
This page links to stroke related information, including, organizations and resources, exercises and recommendations, a full guide, and more.... Details >
Invasive versus Conventional Management of Elderly Patients with Acute Coronary Artery Disease: Which Is Better?
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 >
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
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 >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study
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
NHLBI Clinical Trials Database
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
Questions and Answers: The NIH Trial of EDTA Chelation Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease
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
Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology Member Directory
Sort by name, city, state, or zip code in this vascular medicine and biology member directory.... Details >
Stay in Circulation: Steps to take to learn about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.)
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
What is Erythromelalgia?
This site provides basic information about Erythromelalgia, including the symptoms, location of the symptoms and what triggers EM episodes.... Details >
Women and Stroke
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 >