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Cardiovascular Diseases
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 >