Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease Links 
- Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
- AI/AN Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women
- Coronary Heart Disease in Women with Diabetes
- Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease
- 4 Women.gov: Heart disease
- Women's Health Research
- Risk prevalence
- Women and heart disease, A.H.R.Q.
- WISEWOMAN
- Level "A" recommendation
- Level 'B' recommendation
- C-reactive protein (CPR) is a > predictor
- HRT Use
- Healthy heart quiz
- Surgical options for the morbidly obese
American Indian / Alaska Native Cardiovascular Disease Program
- Guidelines, resources, patient education, and more
Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke in AI/AN
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women
- Evidence-Based Guidelines Circulation (Feb, 2004: 109:672-693
Coronary Heart Disease in Women with Diabetes
- The "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Review" features guidelines, research, patient education
Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease
- CDC American Indians and Alaska Natives are over-represented in premature deaths
4 Women.gov: Heart disease
Many resources, links, patient education, and more
Women's Health Research: Cardiovascular disease
- The National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Prevalence of Selected Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
- United States, 1997. Downloadable file: Acrobat Reader (.PDF) 212K
Women and Heart Disease, A.H.R.Q. Publication
- Systematic review: coronary heart disease
Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN)
Level "A" recommendation for routine use of 75 mg of aspirin per day in postmenopausal females
- USPSTF's Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events
Level 'B' recommendation: USPSTF recommends intensive behavioral dietary counseling
- For hyperlipidemia and other known risk factors for cardiovascular and chronic disease
C-reactive protein (CPR) is a > predictor of cardiovascular events than the LDL
- CPR adds prognostic
information to that conveyed by the Framingham risk score
Hormone Replacement Therapy Use Among Postmenopausal Women in US
- NHANES III data 1988-94, PDF document (228 KB)
WISEWOMAN: Tools Every Woman Can Use to reduce risk factors for heart disease
- Calculators, heart health quizzes, recipes, and other useful information
Sudden cardiac deaths increasing in young women
- Yearly death totals of sudden cardiac death in people between the ages of 15 and 34 rose 10% during the past decade. The death rate increased by 30% in young women
Healthy Heart I.Q. quiz
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Healthy Heart IQ quiz is a great waiting room resource, and a good discussion starter, too! Order through the link above
What are some of the surgical options for the morbidly obese? (This is not a product endorsement!)
- Here are some laparoscopic options
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