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Heart Health

American Heart Association -- Home page
     http://www.amhrt.org/newhome.html
Virtual Body: The Heart -- an animated, interactive tour of the human heart
     http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody/heart.html
Your Heart and How It Works
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/CPR/cpr_broch.html
Coronary Risk Factors - American Heart Association
     http://www.amhrt.org/risk/quiz.html
Preventing Heart Disease -- American Medical Association
     http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/heartrsk/heartrsk.htm
Women and Heart Disease Risks
     http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/bheart.htm
Physical Activity as prevention for heart disease
     http://www.amhrt.org/catalog/Health_catpage9.html

American Heart Association Diet and Nutrition

General Information
     http://www.amhrt.org/catalog/Health_catpage5.html
Healthy Heart Food Pyramid
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/menup.html
Antioxidant vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/avit.html
Phytochemicals and Cardiovascular Disease
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/phyto.html
Prevention of Heart Disease for Women
     http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/cheart.htm
Angina Pectoris
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/angina.html
Warning Signs of a heart attack
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/Warning_Signs/index.html
Cardiopulmonary Resusciation
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/CPR/cpr_broch.html
American Stroke Association
     http://www.amhrt.org/Stroke/index.html
Risk Factors for Stroke
     http://www.amhrt.org/Stroke/Risk_Factors/index.html
Biostatistical Fact Sheets -- risk factors, cultural variations of heart disease and leading causes of death for various population groups
     http://www.amhrt.org/statistics/biostats/index.html
Estrogen and Cardiovascular Disease in Women
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/estro.html

Heart Murmurs

General
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/hmur.html
Mitral Valve Prolapse -- a common murmur in young women
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/mitral.html
Arrhythmias
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/arrhyt.html
Heimlich Maneuver
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/heim.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - U.S. National Institutes of Health
     http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/nhlbi.htm

Hypertension

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
     http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/cardio/hbp/gp/hbinfgp.htm
American Heart Association
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/hbp.html
PDR's Getting Well Network
     http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/hypertension/index.html

Cholesterol sites

American Heart Association
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/chol.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- Interactive Site
     http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/
Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disease
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/homocys.html

Aspirin -- Prevention of Heart Disease
     http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/cheart.htm#xaspir
Self-help Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease
     http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/cheart.htm#xaspir
Research on Prevention of Heart Disease in Women
     http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/cheart.htm#xaspir
Tests to Diagnose Heart Disease
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/tests.html
Angioplasty - heart bypass surgery and procedures
     http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/angioc.html

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