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Heart Health

There are many different forms of cardiovascular disease and there are many different steps individuals can take to help reduce their risks of heart disease. These may include:
  • Controlling your blood pressure
  • Lowering your blood cholesterol levels
  • Don't smoke
  • Exercising regularly


    • Learn More to Stay Heart Healthy by Visiting:

    World Heart Federation http://www.worldheart.org/
    The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions http://www.scai.org/
    The Heart Library http://www.heartlibrary.com/
    Inside Sudden Cardiac Arrest http://www.insidecardiacarrest.com/
    Atrial Fibrallation Answers http://www.afanswers.com/
    National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hf/HF_WhatIs.html
    Seconds Count http://www.seconds-count.org/
    American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/
    Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrsonline.org/
    Women Heart http://www.womenheart.org/
    Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition http://www.padcoalition.org/wp/
    National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/site/PageNavigator/HOME
    When Seconds Count http://www.seconds-count.org/
    American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
    Go Red for Women http://www.goredforwomen.org/
    Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association http://www.suddencardiacarrest.org/
    American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://www.aats.org/


    Get Patient information to manage heart health:

    Are you at risk? http://www.yourdiseaserisk.siteman.wustl.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=start&quiz=heart
    Mending Hearts http://www.mendedhearts.org/
    Seconds Count http://www.seconds-count.org/
    Your guide to living well with heart disease http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/your_guide/living_hd_fs.pdf
    Heart information network http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease
    American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3000333
    World Health Organization http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/en/
    NCP Cardiovascular Medicine A Journal Covering Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine http://www.nature.com/ncpcardio/index.html
    Cardiovascular Disease Foundation Your connection to prevention, research, and education http://www.cvdf.org/
    National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hf/HF_WhatIs.html
    Go Red for Women http://www.goredforwomen.org/

    Want to become more active on heart related policy issues?

    Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association http://www.suddencardiacarrest.org/
    Women Heart http://www.womenheart.org/
    Society of Women’s Research http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer
    Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrsonline.org/
    Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition http://www.padcoalition.org/wp/
    American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
    Go Read for Women http://www.goredforwomen.org/