University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center - Information for patients and families concerning congenital diseases, surgery, and preventive programs.
Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates - Located in Jacksonville, Florida has prepared a patient oriented website on open heart bypass surgery. Interactive e-mail dialogue is available with the practice's healthcare professionnals.
Michigan CardioVascular Institute - Information about this regional medical center specializing in heart health.
American Heart Association: Cigarette Smoking And Cardiovascular Diseases - Cigarettes are the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United State. Most of those deaths are from heart disease, not cancer. The facts from the AHA.
Guidelines for Long-term Management of Patients With Kawasaki Disease - Report from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association.
Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health Report - Overview of the role of proper nutrition in cardiovascular health.
Cardiovascular Pathology Index - Images of pathology specimens of the heart and blood vessels.
Family Practice Notebook: Cardiovascular Medicine - Comprehensive database of disorders as well as condition management and diagnosis and treatment options. Organized by chapter with correlated links.
Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease - Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.
Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. - Develops and manufactures human-based tissue products for tissue repair and transplantation, focusing primarily on skin, cartilage and cardiovascular handiworks. (Nasdaq: ATIS).
Artesian Therapeutics, Inc. - A privately held drug discovery company developing new treatments for cardiovascular disease. Includes brief company description and careers pages.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Abstracts from 1994 to present are available. Full article texts requires subscription.
Hypertension Crusade - By Dr. Johann Georg Schnitzer. Offers a variety of books on hypertension, cardiovascular health, and obesity.
Cardiovascular Disease - Information and links on research and scrutinize, heart disease statistics, treatment, drugs, and support groups.
Case Studies in Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine - The site presents veterinary patients in a grand rounds format. The participant is asked to examine all of the relevant material and then to conceive a diagnosis and answer questions regarding the case. Follow-up information and a case discussion follows.
Biocompatibles - International bio-materials group focused on the development and commercial exploitation of its biocompatible phosphorylcholine for use in cardiovascular and urology applications.
Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke - From the National Cancer Institute. Exposure measurement and prevalence, developmental toxicity (prenatal and postnatal), reproductive effects, respiratory health effects, carcinogenic effects, cardiovascular effects.
Telegraph News: Alcohol Sharpens Your Brain, Say Researchers - A long-term UK-based study reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology found a significant positive correlation between alcohol consumption and cognitive ability, probably due to alcohol's reduction of the risk of cardiovascular disease, and increased blood flow to the brain. The effect was strongest among women.
Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system - Changes in serum T(3) levels in patients with chronic congestive heart failure are caused by alterations in thyroid hormone metabolism suggesting that patients may benefit from T(3). From Entrez PubMed.
Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology - A professional society for physicians who specialize in interventional or minimally invasive procedures. (SCIVR name changed to Society of Interventional Radiologists.) | 
