Heart Disease Resource Center

Medications
Surgical Procedures
Recovery

Medications

• Heart Disease and Medications (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Heart Profilers: Treatment Decision Guides (American Heart Association)
• United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Drug Guide (National Library of Medicine)

Surgical Procedures

• Untangling a Heart's Electrical "Maze" (Providence) 
• Heart Profilers: Treatment Decision Guides (American Heart Association)
• Surgery and Other Treatments (American Heart Association)               
• Open Heart Surgery (National Library of Medicine)               
• Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery (American Heart Association)               
• Angioplasty (National Library of Medicine)               
• Angioplasty: Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary (PTCA) (American Heart Association)               
• Stent Procedure (American Heart Association)          
• Heart Bypass Surgery (National Library of Medicine)          
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Interactive: Requires Flash Plug-in (Patient Education Institute)               
• Heart Valve Surgery (National Library of Medicine)               
• Heart Valve Replacement Interactive: Requires Flash Plug-in  (Patient Education Institute)               
• Aortic Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)               
• Mitral Valve Repair (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)               
• Mitral Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)               
• Heart Transplant (National Library of Medicine)

Recovery

• Cardiac Rehabilitation: Building a Better Life After Heart Disease  (Mayo Clinic)
• What to Expect After Your Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)               
• Providence-Recommended Links: Reducing Heart Disease Risk               
• Mended Hearts (non-profit affiliated with American Heart Association)               
• Heartmates (Resources for spouse, family and loved ones of a heart patient; also for cardiac health care professionals.)