Heart Patient Resources

Links to websites with additional information about heart health, exercise, heart healthy recipes, quitting smoking, and more.

• Cardiovascular Animations — narrated patient education animations of cardiovascular conditions and procedures
• Heart Patient Fact Sheets from CardioSmart, the American College of Cardiology, including:
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Angioplasty
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Chest Pain (Angina)
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart Attack
  • How to Manage Your Cholesterol
  • How to Manage Your Life After a Heart Attack
  • How Your Heart Works
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
  • Beta-Blockers
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Heart Disease – online health library topics including:
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Heart attack
  • Heart valve disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Diabetes and heart disease
  • Women and heart disease
  • Exercise and heart disease
  • Heart healthy recipes
  • Smoking cessation
• American Heart Association
• American Council on Exercise
• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs