Heart Diseases (Print Version)

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Heart Diseases

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Latest News

Periodontal and Heart Diseases Are Linked (10/27/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20899.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Depression Interferes with Exercise Stress Testing (10/27/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20889.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Sudden Cardiac Death is Seasonal (10/15/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20679.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/14/2004)
Studies Strengthen Kidney and Heart Disease Link (09/29/2004, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niddk-29.htm
Oral Erythromycin Combined with a Number of Commonly Used Drugs May Increase the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (09/08/2004, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/erythropr.htm
Postmenopausal Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Have Triple the Risk of Heart Failure (09/06/2004, American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3024579
More News on Heart Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_h.html#HeartDiseases

From the National Institutes of Health

Heart and Vascular Diseases (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm

Overviews

Cardiovascular Disease: A Blueprint for Understanding the Leading Killer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00032

Anatomy/Physiology

Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute) - http://www.tmc.edu/thi/anatomy2.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.tmc.edu/thi/anato_sp.html
Healthy Heart (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player - http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/healthyheart/healthyheart.html
Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=770

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Cardiac Nuclear Medicine (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/cardiac_nuclear_med.htm
Computer Imaging / Tomography (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4554
Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/coronaryangiographyandangioplastyloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/coronaryangiographyandangioplastyspanishloader.html
Echocardiogram (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiogramloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiogramspanishloader.html
Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00012
Echocardiography Stress Test (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiographystresstestloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiographystresstestspanishloader.html
Electrocardiogram: Tracking Heartbeat Regulation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00014
Frequently Asked Questions about Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) (American Society of Echocardiography) - http://www.seemyheart.org/tee.html
Frequently Asked Questions about Transthoracic Echocardiography (American Society of Echocardiography) - http://www.seemyheart.org/tte.html
Heart Attack, Stroke & Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053
MR Angiography (MRA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America) - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mr-angiography.htm
Sestamibi Exercise Stress Test (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0204.asp?index=4990

Treatment

American Heart Association Outlines 'Chilling' Plan to Prevent Brain Damage After Cardiac Arrest (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3013397
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/aed.html
FDA Approves Drug-Eluting Stent for Clogged Heart Arteries (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00896.html
Heart Surgery Overview (Texas Heart Institute) - http://www.tmc.edu/thi/hsurg.html
What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1046473305938WhatAreAnticoagAntiplatele.pdf

Health Check Tools

Are You at Risk for Heart Disease or Stroke? (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4women.gov/tools/heart/quiz.cfm
For Your Heart (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/hhs/
What's Your Heart Disease Risk? (Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention) - http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?func=start&quiz;=heart

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiovascular Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002318&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Arrest (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006323&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Diseases (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006331&recruiting;=true
Learn More about Chelation Therapy and the Study (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://nccam.nih.gov/chelation/chelationstudy.htm

Specific Conditions

Bacterial Endocarditis (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4436
Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00623
JAMA Patient Page: Pericarditis (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ06U08WCD⊂_cat=272
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01033

Prevention/Screening

Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cholesterol/test.html
Endocarditis Prophylaxis Information (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11086
HDL Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hdl/test.html
LDL Cholesterol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ldl/test.html
Lipid Profile (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/lipid/glance.html
MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseasesprevention.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/heartdiseasesprevention.html
New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/109/3/e12.pdf
Triglycerides Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/triglycerides/test.html

Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/cardiacrehabilitationloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/cardiacrehabilitationspanishloader.html

Related Issues

Alcohol, Wine and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4422
Angina and Heart Disease (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/233.xml
Caffeine (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4445
Calcification of the Pericardium (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00631
Cardiovascular Specialists and Your Health Care (American College of Cardiology) - http://www.acc.org/media/patient/cardio.htm
Cholesterol Counts for Everyone (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/index.htm
Control of Lipids in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/8/I-85
Dental Care and Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4548
Dental Plaque: A Risk Factor for Heart Disease? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00766
Depression and Heart Disease (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depheart.cfm
Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulinresistance/index.htm
Make the Link! Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke (American Diabetes Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.diabetes.org/main/uedocuments/Factsheet23Link.pdf
Platelets and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/13/e88.pdf
Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4714
Take Care of Your Heart. Manage Your Diabetes (National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF File - http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/TCH_AsAm_flyer_Eng.pdf

Research

Accuracy of Adult Patients' Reports of Their Parents' Medical Histories (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/6/I-58
Cellular Therapy: Potential Treatment for Heart Disease (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) - http://www.fda.gov/cber/genetherapy/celltherapyheart.htm
Improvements in 1-Year Outcomes before and after a Discharge Medication Program for Patients Hospitalized with Heart Disease (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/6/I-43
Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Abnormalities of Coronary Arteries in People without Other Cardiac Risk Factors (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/9/I-32
Oral Erythromycin Combined with a Number of Commonly Used Drugs May Increase the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/erythropr.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/speritropr.htm
Relationship between Blood Sugar Levels and Cardiovascular Disease (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/6/I-12
Studies Strengthen Kidney and Heart Disease Link (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niddk-29.htm
Treadmill Testing, EKG, and CT Scans Not Recommended for Screening Patients at Low Risk for Heart Disease (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/chdpr.htm
Underusing Medications Because of Cost May Lead to Adverse Health Outcomes (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nia-25.htm

Genetics

Genes and Disease: The Heart and Blood Vessels (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid;=gnd.chapter.46

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=10000056

Directories

Find an Interventional Radiologist (Society of Interventional Radiology) - http://directory.sirweb.org/eseries/scriptcontent/index_members_search.cfm

Organizations

American College of Cardiology - http://www.acc.org/
American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
Women's Heart Foundation - http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/

Statistics

Disparities in Heart Disease (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/Heart-PHW04_Facts.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/espanol/DisparidadesCardiacas-PHW04.pdf
FASTATS: Heart Disease (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm
New Stats Show Heart Disease Still America's No. 1 Killer, Stroke No. 3 (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018015

Women

Healthy Heart Handbook for Women (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF File - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/hhw/index.htm
Heart Truth for Women (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/espanol.htm
Postmenopausal Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Have Triple the Risk of Heart Failure (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3024579
Pregnancy and Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4688
State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/maps/cvdatlas/atlas_womens/factsheets_womens/index.htm
Woman's Heart (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/editor/feb04/feb04.htm
Women & Heart Disease (Texas Heart Institute) - http://www.tmc.edu/thi/women.html

Men

State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Men (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/maps/cvdatlas/atlas_mens/factsheets_mens/index.htm
What Do You Know about Men's Health? Heart Disease and Stroke in Men (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/mens/men.cfm?page=115&mtitle;=Heart%20Disease%20and%20Stroke

Children

Children: Heart Disease & Health (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1477

Seniors

Aging and Diseases of the Heart (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/14/e99.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Angina - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/angina.html
Arrhythmia - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/arrhythmia.html
Cardiomyopathy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cardiomyopathy.html
Coronary Disease - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/coronarydisease.html
Heart Attack - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartattack.html
Heart Diseases--Prevention - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseasesprevention.html
Heart Failure - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartfailure.html
Heart Valve Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartvalvediseases.html
Heart and Circulation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartandcirculation.html
Seniors' Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html
Women's Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealth.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Heart Diseases is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 28 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 27 August 2004