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There are a number of resources on the Internet that may be of interest to the loved ones of heart patients. Let us know if you find one not listed here.

Heartmates WWW Site

Ten Healthy Hints for the Partner of a Patient

Excerpts and Tables of Contents from:
Heartmates®: A Guide for the Spouse and Family of the Heart Patient

The Heartmates® Meditation Journal: A Companion for Partners of People with Heart Disease and

The Cardiac Family Recovery Program Training Manual - A Heartmates® Resource for Professional Facilitators and Administrators

Download up to five sample videos from the fantastic, award-winning "Portrait of the Heartmate®" video series that helps cardiac spouses and families deal with the complexities of recovery.


General Cardiac Resources

American College of Cardiology
Describes the educational activities of the ACC.
American Heart Association
The AHA Web Server contains information about the AHA, legislative issues, opportunities, educational programs, patient support groups, research programs, membership, publications, meetings, and news releases.

Cardiac Education Materials

MEDIC Educational Information Center
Self-instruction programs, What's New in medical research.
Hospital Web
Lists of hospitals on the Web.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
A leading center for the advanced diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory disease.
Magnesium Deficiency, Heart Attack and Drinking Water
Information and a list of references on the relationship between these things.
Preview the Heart
An excellent, fascinating tour of the heart with explanations and answers to lots of questions.
Cardiovascular Research Institute of Southern California
Research results, definitions of terms, and soon the CVRI Newsletter
British Medical Journal
The current issue and archived issues are online.
Cardiomyopathy
The Virtual Hospital of Iowa contains cardiac rehabilitation exercises.
The NHLBI Gopher provides information on guidelines, requests for applications, program announcements, scientific meetings, and career development.
The Washington University School of Medicine provides links to a variety of information related to cardiology.
Congenital Heart Disease
 
Harvard Heart Letter
 
The Heart: A Virtual Exploration
The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, PA provides this comprehensive patient guide.
NHLBI patient education materials:
smoking questionnaire
facts on angina
facts on arrhythmias
facts on heart failure
facts on heart and lung transplants
Synapse Heart Sounds
Listen to common cardiac pathologic abnormalities - murmurs, aortic insufficiency, etc.

Clinical and Research Centers


Spiritual and Support Resources

GriefNet
The scope of this site includes death, bereavement, caregivers and hospice workers.
USENET News: alt.support.grief
For those coping with grief and bereavement.
CARDIAC-PREV
Prevent Coronary Heart Disease - promotes research into the non-pharmacological prevention of coronary heart disease. Diet, smoking and exercise are discussed.

Exercise, Lifestyle and Product Information

Beating heart video clip from Medical College of Ohio.
The Health Explorerú
The Health Explorerú is the easy, fast, and comprehensive way to find health information on the Internet. Our database includes over 3,000 health-related websites, website descriptions, and "Best Site" reviews. We are dedicated to helping you be an informed healthcare consumer.

Directories and Other Places You May Find Useful

World Wide Web Yellow Pages
Access Business Online
a powerful business tool which contains news, directories, classifieds, articles, databases, international buyer-seller connections and BizWiz!
InfoSeek
Starting Point


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