Patient Education Links

Below are links to sites than can enhance your understanding of various cardiac and general health issues. You can find information about the anatomy of the heart, cardiology associations and journals, exercise tips, and heart-healthy recipes.

While these sources are valuable in understanding your cardiac health, they are not intended to replace a discussion with your physician, and the receipt of them does not constitute a doctor-patient relationship. Information provided here is not intended as a substitute for consultation with your physician, nor an endorsement of a product. Cardiovascular Consultants cannot guarantee the accuracy of information on these links. If you have questions regarding your health or or any specific information presented by one of these sites, please contact your doctor for appropriate care.

General heart care information

• All about your heart, an interactive site from the Franklin Institute with information about echocardiography, the structure of the heart, a glossary and more.
• Heartsite.com has extensive heart-related information
• American College of Cardiology (ACC)
• American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Delicious Decisions: heart-healthy recipes
  • Diet and lifestyle recommendations
  • Exercise and fitness
  • Physical activity healthy heart quiz
  • Women and cardiovascular disease
  • Tips for raising healthy, active children
• American Society of Hypertension (ASH)
• Cardiology Today Journal
• Quitting Smoking: tips from the American Cancer Society
• QuitNet: Support to Smokers: Kick the Habit Today!
• CPR/First Aid Classes: South King County

Fitness

• Choose to Move: a free physical activity program for women

Nutrition

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Health information of every type
• Facts about cholesterol
• Controlling Cholesterol handout
• Easy Ways to Control Your Sodium handout
• Fat and Cholesterol Content of Selected Food handout
• Fish Oil Supplementation handout
• Low-Fat Eating handout
• Low-Sodium Eating handout
• Potassium Rich Foods handout

General medicine and search engines

• Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) has the latest drug information.
• Medical search engine at the National Library of Medicine
• Health Finder, an index of medical resources from the US Department of Health and Human Services
• WebMD contains good basic information

 

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source: americanheart.org