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 |
Cardiovascular 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 |
Estimate Your Heart Attack Risk
This risk assessment tool uses information from the Framingham Heart Study to predict a person’s chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. This tool is designed for adults aged 20 and olde details...
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Heart Attack
Also available in: Chinese-Traditional
Heart attack is the number one cause of death in North America. Its underlying cause, coronary artery disease, is due to build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries that supply the heart (coronary arte details...
Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies |
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
This online guide lists the symptoms that commonly signal a heart attack. details...
American Heart Association |
Improving Cardiovascular Health in African Americans
A package of seven easy-to-read booklets designed to help you reduce your chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Each booklet provides specific information on improving heart health and identifie details...
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
MRI can predict risk of heart attacks
MRI can be used to locate tissue damage in a heart attack or pinpoint blockages, but it has not been used to predict heart attacks.
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American Heart Association |
National Heart Attack Alert Program
The National Heart Attack Alert Program (NHAAP) was launched in June 1991 and is the newest of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) national education programs. The NHAAP has the ov details...
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Public Use of Automated External Defibrillators
The combination of effective CPR and rapid defibrillation is a proven formula for success for survival of a heart attack. details...
American Heart Association |