Heart Attack

• Latest News
• Hospital, Not Race, a Factor in Heart Attack Care (10/06/2004, Reuters Health)
• Transfusions for Heart Patients Seen Risky (10/05/2004, Reuters Health)
• Even Mild Kidney Disease Raises Risk of Death (09/22/2004, Reuters Health)
• Heart Attacks without Chest Pain More Often Fatal (08/09/2004, American College of Chest Physicians)
• More News on Heart Attack

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Act in Time to: Heart Attack Signs (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• What Is a Heart Attack? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Heart Attack (American Heart Association)
• Heart Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Heart Attack (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Heart Attack (Texas Heart Institute)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Cardiac Biomarkers (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• CK-MB Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• Echocardiography Stress Test (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Ejection Fraction (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Electrocardiogram: Tracking Heartbeat Regulation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• FDA Clears New Lab Test to Help Rule Out Heart Attack (Food and Drug Administration)
• Hypertensive Crisis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• JAMA Patient Page: Electrocardiograms (American Medical Association)
• Myoglobin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Nuclear Stress Test (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Thallium Stress Test (American Heart Association)
• Troponin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Treatment
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration)
• How Is a Heart Attack Treated? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• JAMA Patient Page: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (American Medical Association)
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) (American Heart Association)
• What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File

• Health Assessment Tool
• Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Myocardial Infarction (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Acute Coronary Occlusion: A Common Cause of Heart Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Types of Heart Attack (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Prevention/Screening
• Aspirin: From Pain Relief to Preventive Medicine (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• C-Reactive Protein: A Simple Test to Help Predict Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Heart Attack: Emergency Survival Guide for the Worst-Case Scenario (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Rehabilitation
• Cardiac Rehabilitation (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Heart Attack: Getting Back into Your Life after a Heart Attack (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• Automatic External Defibrillators (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• Call 911 -- Before It's Too Late (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Depression after a Heart Attack (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke (American Heart Association)
• What Happens during a Heart Attack? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Research
• ACE Inhibitors after Heart Attacks: Varying Effects? (American College of Physicians)
• Can Stem Cells Restore Cardiac Tissue after a Heart Attack? (American College of Physicians)
• Heart Attacks without Chest Pain More Often Fatal (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Statin Therapy and the Outcomes during Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndromes (American College of Physicians)
• Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive Treatment Options for Higher Risk Patients (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Women’s Symptoms Are New or Different Prior to Heart Attack (National Institute of Nursing Research)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology (Texas Heart Institute)
• Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia (American Heart Association)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Statistics
• Heart Attack and Angina Statistics (American Heart Association)

• Women
• Women: Warning! It Could Be a Heart Attack! (National Women's Health Information Center)
  Also available in: Spanish