Articles

• Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women.  From the American Heart Association and ACC.
• Heart Disease articles from PubMed of the National Library of Medicine.  The articles listed here tend to be highly technical research papers, but careful searching of the articles can often uncover important and useful information.  Type the topic in the search box on the PubMed Web site. 

Blogs on Heart Disease

• WebMDblog Heart Disease.  "Heart disease affects an estimated 62 million Americans, more than any other illness. Laurie Anderson RN FNP MSN is here to share information and advice on heart disease, its symptoms, treatments, and prevention."
• Your Healthy Heart from Yahoo! Health by Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.

Forums Dealing With Heart Disease

• Directory of online discussions and forums dealing with heart disease.

News

• Heart Disease news from Google News.
  • Congenital Heart Disease news from Google News.
  • Coronary Heart Disease news from Google News.

Organizations That Deal With Heart Disease

• American Heart Association.  "The following is the current mission statement of the American Heart Association.
  
  The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
  
  The mission statement was affirmed by the Delegate Assembly at its meetings of June 1993, June 1996 and June 1999. The mission statement undergoes a formal review process every third year.
• British Heart Foundation.  "The BHF is the largest independent funder of heart research in the UK. We play an important role in funding education, reaching the public and health professionals.
  
  And we provide life-saving cardiac equipment and support for rehabilitation and patient care."
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC).  "The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) represents more than 45,000 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of the European population by reducing the impact of cardiovascular disease.
  
  The ESC achieves this through a variety of scientific and educational activities including the coordination of: clinical practice guidelines, education courses and initiatives, pan-European surveys on specific disease areas and the ESC Annual Congress, the largest medical meeting in Europe. Furthermore, the ESC promotes cardiovascular disease prevention messages to the general public, most notably during its annual �For Your Heart�s Sake� event, a fun yet educational event offering risk assessment and prevention advice, held in parallel to the Congress each year."
• Heart and Stroke Foundation.  "The Heart and Stroke Foundation is a national voluntary non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of Canadians by preventing and reducing disability and death from heart disease and stroke through research, health promotion and advocacy. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a Federation of 10 independent Provincial Foundations and one National Office, led and supported by a force of more than 130,000 volunteers."
• National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.  "WomenHeart is the only national patient-centered organization that provides support, education and advocacy for women living with heart disease. Through our coalition of national organizations and community-based support networks, we offer comprehensive services to women with heart disease and empower all women to take charge of their heart health. WomenHeart is a preferred source of information for public policy leaders and the media. Through our advocacy efforts, all women receive early detection, accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of their heart disease."
• National Heart Foundation Australia.  "The Heart Foundation is an independent Australia-wide, non-profit health organisation, funded almost entirely by donations from Australians.
  
  The Heart Foundation's purpose is to improve the heart health of Australians and to reduce disability and death from heart, stroke and blood vessel disease by:
  • promoting and conducting research to gain and apply knowledge about heart, stroke and blood vessel disease, its prevention and treatment
  • promoting and influencing behaviour which improves heart and blood vessel health by conducting education and other programs directed at health professionals, those with heart disease, and the Australian community at large."
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, USA.  "The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Since October 1997, the NHLBI has also had administrative responsibility for the NIH Woman's Health Initiative.
  
  The Institute plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated program of basic research, clinical investigations and trials, observational studies, and demonstration and education projects. Research is related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders. The NHLBI plans and directs research in development and evaluation of interventions and devices related to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients suffering from such diseases and disorders. It also supports research on clinical use of blood and all aspects of the management of blood resources. Research is conducted in the Institute's own laboratories and by scientific institutions and individuals supported by research grants and contracts.
  
  For health professionals and the public, the NHLBI conducts educational activities, including development and dissemination of materials in the above areas, with an emphasis on prevention.
  
  The NHLBI supports research training and career development of new and established researchers in fundamental sciences and clinical disciplines to enable them to conduct basic and clinical research related to heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; sleep disorders; and blood resources through individual and institutional research training awards and career development awards.
  
  The Institute coordinates relevant activities in the above areas, including the related causes of stroke, with other research institutes and federal health programs. Relationships are maintained with institutions and professional associations, and with international, national, state, and local officials as well as voluntary agencies and organizations working in the above areas."
• UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men.. 
• Women and Heart Health.  From Health Canada. 
• World Heart Day.  "World Heart Day, organised by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and its members and co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNESCO and International Year of Sport and Physical Education, is the WHF's most important advocacy event and aims to increase public awareness and promote preventive measures to reduce cardiovascular disease and stroke. Begun in 1999 with the vision that all WHF members could collectively help to curb the global pandemic of cardiovascular disease, which claims some 17 million lives world-wide annually, World Heart Day is now celebrated by members and non-members alike in more than 100 countries around the world."
• World Heart Federation.  "To help people achieve a longer and better life through prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low and middle income countries."

Photographs

• Heart Disease photographs from Google Images.

Videos

• Heart Disease videos from YouTube.com.
• ORlive.  "Home of live surgical video on the Internet."
  • Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic