Web resources for cardiac patients If you enjoy looking for health information online, here are some places to start. Please keep in mind that websites change address often. If you find one of the addresses below is inactive, use your search engine to look for the organization named. Remember – information that you find online is not always reliable and is not a substitute for conversations with your health care provider. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and your own health care providers do not necessarily endorse or agree with information you may find on these sites. Please talk to your own provider about any questions or concerns you have about your health and treatment. General heart health topics www.medlineplus.com A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health www.healthfinder.gov A service of the National Health Information Center, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services www.familydoctor.org American Academy of Family Physicians www.circ.ahajournals.org/collected/patient/shtml Journal Circulation; patient pages www.americanheart.org American Heart Association www.fda.gov/hearthealth/healthyheart/healthyheart.html U.S.Food and Drug Administration (Heart Health On Line has many links) www.healthatoz.com General health information www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: General Index www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/hbp_low/index.htm National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Information Center: facts about lowering blood pressure www.patients.uptodate.com Advanced general health information based on research Women and heart disease www.womenheart.org The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease www.hearthealthywomen.org The Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease Drug coated coronary stents www.cypherusa.com (Johnson & Johnson Co.) drug coated coronary artery stents www.bostonscientific.com (Boston Scientific Co.) drug coated coronary artery stents Nutrition www.eatright.org American Dietetic Association www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs_and_db.html Nutrition and Heart Health Resource List for Consumers: National Agricultural Library www.joslin.harvard.edu Nutrition and diabetes information www.nhlbisupport.com/cgi-bin/chd1/step1intro.cgi Dietary guidelines www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/ “DASH” diet for high blood pressure Smoking cessation www.quitnet.com Boston University School of Public Health http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; general tips for stopping, many links to help www.trytostop.org Massachusetts Department of Public Health, numerous resources This information was compiled by clinicians in nursing and cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It is produced and distributed by the Beth Israel Deaconess Learning Center. © 2005, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. All rights reserved. MC1512 3/05