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ANGIOGRAPHY
ANGIOPLASTY
ART
CABG ( Bypass Grafts )
CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES
CARDIOLOGY DIRECTORIES ( other )
CARDIOMYOPATHY
CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE MANUFACTURERS
CONGENITAL & PAEDIATRIC
CYCLING
DATABASES
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY ( ECG )
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY ( EP )
EXERCISE, REHABILITATION & SPORTS MEDICINE
FORUMS
GERIATRIC
HEALTH & SAFETY
HEART RATE MONITORS / PULSE WATCHES
HEART VALVES
HEART FAILURE
HEART TRANSPLANTATION
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA
HYPERTENSION
JOURNALS & NEWSLETTERS
LIBRARIES & OTHER e-SOURCES
MAGAZINES
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ( MRI )
MEDICAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA
NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
NUTRITION & DIETETICS
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ORGANISATIONS ( European )
ORGANISATIONS ( Heart Foundations )
ORGANISATIONS ( International )
ORGANISATIONS ( National Associations, Colleges, Institutes & Societies )
ORGANISATIONS ( Royal Colleges & Societies )
ORGANISATIONS ( Other )
PACEMAKER INFORMATION
PACEMAKER MANUFACTURERS
PACING & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY ORGANISATIONS
RADIOLOGY & X-RAY
RESUSCITATION
SEARCH ENGINES ( General )
STENTS
STOP SMOKING
STROKE
SUPPORT GROUPS
SURGERY ( CARDIAC )
TECHNICIANS & TECHNOLOGISTS
Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions http://www.scai.org
PTCA.org http://www.ptca.org/
Heart Art http://www.heartart.nl
Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/doc/3705
CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES
If your cardiac rehabilitation programme has its own website then please send in the web address so that it can be listed here for others to visit.
CARDIOLOGY DIRECTORIES ( Other )
Australian Cardiomyopathy Association http://www.cmaa.org.au
Cardiomyopathy Association http://www.cardiomyopathy.org
Medirect http://www.medirect.com/links.asp?subj=card
CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE MANUFACTURERS
Stanford Educational e-SOURCE http://www.stanford.edu/group/esource/1c.html
Association for Paediatric Cardiology http://www.AEPC.org
Association Nationale des Cardiaques Congenitaux http://www.ancc.asso.fr/
Cardiac Risk in the Young ( CRY ) http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/
Children’s Health Information Network http://www.tchin.org
Children’s Heart Federation http://www.childrens-heart-fed.org.uk
Congenital Heart Disease Resource Page http://www.csun.edu/~hcmth011/heart/
Grown Up Congenital Heart ( GUCH ) http://www.guch.demon.co.uk/about.htm
Association of British Cycling Coaches http://www.abcc.freeserve.co.uk/cycorg.html
British Cycling Federation http://www.bcf.uk.com
Great Bike Hike http://www.greatbikehike.co.uk/images/navmain.htm
BIDS ( ATHENS ) http://www.bids.ac.uk/
CAS/FIND http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~strap/
Cochrane Centre ( UK ) http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/cochrane.asp
EMBASE http://www.healthgate.com
HCNNET http://www.hcnnet.net
Medline http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Medline ( PubMed ) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Ovid http://gateway.ovid.com
American Society of Echocardiography ( ASE ) http://www.asecho.org/
Arizona Society of Echocardiography http://aztec.asu.edu/medical/azse/azse0.html
British Society of Echocardiography ( BSE ) http://www.bcs.com
E-chocardiography Journal http://www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/echo.html
ECG Library http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome
Electrophysiologic testing and ablation http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/eptesting/
EXERCISE, REHABILITATION & SPORTS MEDICINE
American College of Sports Medicine ( ACSM ) http://www.acsm.org
American Council on Exercise ( ACE ) http://www.acefitness.org
American Physical Therapy Association ( APTA ) http://www.apta.org
Am. Ass. Cardiovascular & Pulm. Rehab. ( AACVPR ) http://www.aacvpr.org
British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation ( BACR ) http://www.bcs.com/affiliates/bacr.html
BHF Centre of Physical Activity and Health http://www.bhfactive.org.uk
California Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation http://www.cscr.org/
Walking the Way to Health http://www.whi.org.uk
YMCA http://www.ymca.org
Medhelp http://www.medhelp.org/forums/cardio/wwwboard.html
National Heart Forum, UK http://www.heartforum.org.uk
Pacemakers http://www.med-edu.com/HyperNews/patient/get/arrhythmias/pacemakers.html
PTCA.org http://www.ptca.org/forum.html
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care http://www.health.gov.au/
Society of Geriatric Cardiology http://www.sgcard.org
Department of Health ( UK ) http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/outlook.htm
DVLA http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/dmed1.htm
Medical Devices Agency http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk
HEART RATE MONITORS / PULSE WATCHES
Cardiosport http://www.cardiosport.com/
ATS http://www.atsmedical.com/info.html
Baxter Prima http://www.baxter.com/investors/financial/annual_report/1998/state_of_heart.html
Carbomedics http://www.carbomedics.com/
Carpentier Edwards http://www.medhelp.org/forums/cardio/archive/7832.html
Medtronic Hall http://www.medtronic.com/cardsurgery/products/medh_index.html
Omnicarbon http://www.medcvinc.com/medcvinc.asp?pageid=96
Prosthetic Heart Valve Gallery http://members.evansville.net/ict/prostheticvalveimagegallery.htm
St. Jude Toronto http://www.onevalveforlife.com/
Society for Heart Valve Disease http://www.shvd.org/
Starr-Edwards http://www.edwards.com/PatientsAndFamilies/MyHeart/ClinicalProcedures/ValveReplac
Texas Heart Institute http://www.tmc.edu/thi/starr.html
Valve Surgery http://www.heart.ns.ac.yu/avreplac.htm
British Society for Heart Failure ( BSH ) http://www.bsh.org.uk/bshx/
Heart Failure Society of America http://www.hfsa.org/
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation http://www.ishlt.org/
British Hyperlipidaemia Association http://www.bhaonline.org.uk
Family Heart Association http://www.familyheart.org/pages/index4.shtml
Heart UK http://www.heartuk.org.uk/
American Society of Hypertension http://www.ash-us.org/
Blood Pressure Association http://www.bpassoc.org.uk
British Hypertension Society http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs
Japanese Society of Hypertension http://www.bcasj.or.jp/hr/
Pulmonary Hypertension Association ( USA ) http://www.phassociation.org
World Hypertension League http://www.mco.edu/whl/index.html
ACP Journal Club http://www.acponline.org/journals/
American Heart Association http://stroke.ahajournals.org/
Bandolier http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier
British Medical Journal http://bmj.com
British Nursing Index http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/electronic/
Cambridge University Press http://journals.cup.org
Canadian Journal of Cardiology http://www.pulsus.com/cardiol/home.htm
Circulation ( American Heart Association ) http://circ.ahajournals.org/
Clinical Evidence http://www.evidence.org
Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase http://www.cma.ca/cpgs/index.html
European Heart Journal http://www.eurheartj.org/
Evidence Based Topics ( IDEA ) http://www.ohsu.edu/library/
Health Service Journal http://www.hsj.co.uk/
Heart ( British Heart Journal ) http://bmjpg.com
Hypertension ( American Heart Association ) http://hyper.ahajournals.org/
JACC ( Journal of the American College of Cardiology ) http://www.acc.org/
Lancet http://www.thelancet.com
New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/
ASIS http://www.asis.org/
BioMedNet http://journals.bmn.com/
British Library http://www.bl.uk
Cardio-info http://cardio-info.com/links.htm
Cardiosource http://www.cardiosource.com/
CliniWeb http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/
Countway Library of Medicine http://www.med.harvard.edu
Cardiology Online http://www.cardiologyonline.com/organizations.htm
Current Web Contents http://www.isinet.com
Health Sciences Library http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu
Health Care Libraries Unit ( HCLU ) http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/
HeartCenterOnline http://www.heartcenteronline.com
HeartInfo http://www.heartinfo.org
InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/
Israeli Paramedics Association http://www.geocities.com/neomi59/CardioLinks.html
Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp
National Electronic Library for Health http://www.nelh.nhs.uk
National Library of Medicine ( U.S.A. ) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
OMNI http://www.omni.ac.uk
Synapse Heart Sounds http://www.medlib.com
WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences: Medicine http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb.wwwvl/
Ausrun http://www.ausrun.com.au
Cardiology News http://www.pinpointmedical.com
Chicago’s Amateur Athlete Magazine http://www.chicagoaa.com
Competitor Magazine http://www.competitor.com
Fitness Swimmer Magazine http://www.fitnessswimmer.com
Marathon Training http://www.marathontraining.com
Runner’s World http://www.runnersworld.com
Running Writing http://www.geocities.com/ewen_99/
SwimInfo http://www.swiminfo.com/
Swimming Magazine ( ASA ) http://www.britishswimming.org/sports/swimming_times/
Swimnews Online http://www.swimnews.com/
SwimSport Web Magazine http://www.swimsport.com/
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ( MRI )
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance http://www.scmr.org/
ADAM ( Medline Plus ) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology http://www.asnc.org/
British Nuclear Cardiology Society ( BNCS ) http://www.bncs.org.uk/index.htm
Society of Nuclear Medicine http://www.snm.org/
Family Heart Association http://www.familyheart.org
American Occupational Therapy Association http://www.aota.org/
European Atherosclerosis Society http://www.elsevier.com/inca/homepage/sab/eas/menu.htm
European Heart Network http://www.worldheart.org
European Heart Network http://www.ehnheart.org
European Society of Cardiology ( ESC ) http://www.escardio.org/
European Soc. for Noninvasive Cardiovascular Dynamics http://www.mf.uni-lj.si/
European Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.esvs.org
European Union of Medical Specialists http://www.uems.be/cardio.htm
ORGANISATIONS ( Heart Foundations )
Australian Heart Foundation http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/
British Heart Foundation http://www.bhf.org.uk
Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation http://www.hsf.ca
German Heart Foundation http://www.herzstiftung.de/
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada http://www.heartandstroke.ca
InterAmerican Heart Foundation http://www.interamericanheart.org/
Netherlands Heart Foundation http://www.hartstichting.nl
Portugese Heart Foundation http://www.fpcardiologia.pt
ORGANISATIONS ( International )
International Atherosclerosis Society http://www.athero.org/
International Society for Heart Research ( ISHR ) http://www.usouthal.edu/ishr
Int. Soc. for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery ( ISMICS ) http://www.ismics.org/
World Health Organisation ( WHO ) http://www.who.org/
World Heart Day http://www.worldheartday.com
World Heart Federation http://www.worldheart.org
ORGANISATIONS ( National Associations, Colleges, Institutes & Societies )
American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org
American College of Chest Physicians ( ACCP ) http://www.chestnet.org/
American College of Emergency Physicians http://www.acep.org/
American Heart Association ( AHA ) http://www.americanheart.org/
American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Medical Informatics Association http://www.amia.org/
American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs http://www.asaio.com/
American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/
Argentine Society of Cardiology http://www.sac.org.ar/
Associazone Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedallieri http://www.anmco.it
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare http://www.aihw.gov.au
Belgian Heart League http://www.liguecardiologique.be
Belgian Society of Cardiology http://www.bscardio.be/
Brazilian Society of Cardiology http://www.cardiol.br/
British Association for Nursing in Cardiac Care ( BANCC ) http://www.bcs.com/affiliates/bancc.html
British Cardiac Society http://www.bcs.com
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society ( BCIS ) http://www.bcis.org.uk/
British Society for Cardiovascular Research ( BSCR ) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/biomedical/bscr/
Canadian Cardiovascular Society http://www.ccs.ca/
Canadian International Development Agency Pakistan http://www.heartfile.org
Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology http://www.theheart.org
Canadian Medical Association, CMA Online http://www.cma.ca
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand http://www.csanz.edu.au
Finnish Cardiac Society http://www.fincardio.org
Federation Francaise de Cardiologie http://www.fedecardio.com
French Society of Cardiology http://www.webcardio.com/sfc.htm
Fundacion Valle del Lili Medical Center ( C-V Unit ) http://www.cardiolili.org
German Cardiac Society ( GCS ) http://www.dgkardio.de/
Hong Kong College of Cardiology http://www.medicine.org.hk/hkcc/
Italian Society of Cardiology http://www.medicnet.it/sic/
Japanese Educational Clinical Cardiology Society http://home.inet-osaka.or.jp/~jeccs/
Japanese Circulation Society http://www.j-circ.or.jp
Korean Society of Circulation http://www.circulation.or.kr
Polish Cardiac Society http://www.ptkardio.pl
Portugese Society of Cardiology http://www.spc.pt/
Spanish Society of Cardiology http://www.secardiologia.es/
The Netherlands Society of Cardiology http://www.icin.knaw.nl/
Uruguayan Society of Cardiology http://www.suc-uruguay.org
ORGANISATIONS ( Royal Colleges & Societies )
Royal Australian College of Physicians ( RACP ) http://www.racp.edu.au/
Royal College of General Practitioners http://www.rcgp.org.uk
Royal College of Surgeons http://www.rcseng.ac.uk
Royal Society of Medicine http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk
Arrhythmia Online http://www.arrhythmiaonline.com/login.asp
ETM ( providing CME to Doctors ) http://www.etm.nl
Heartfile http://www.heartfile.org
Heart Information Network ( USA ) http://www.heartinfo.org/
Hearts for Life http://www.heartsforlife.co.uk
National Health and Medical Research Council ( Aus ) http://www.health.gov.au/index.htm
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ( USA ) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence ( NICE ) http://www.NICE.org.uk
Oxford Health Promotion Group http://www.heartstats.org
Primary Care Cardiovascular Society ( PCCS ) http://www.pccs.org.uk/pccs.htm
Society for Cardiovascular Pathology http://www.scvp.net/
Society for Medical Decision Making http://www.gwu.edu/~smdm/
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals http://www.sicp.com
Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org
Southern Medical Association http://www.sma.org/index.htm
Information for patients http://www.internist.at/pacemakere.htm
Minnesota Technolog http://www.itdean.umn.edu/itbp/technolog/
Pacemaker Club http://www.pacemakerclub.com
Biotronik http://www.biotronik.com
ELA Medical http://www.elamedical.co.uk
Guidant / CPI http://www.guidant.com
Sorin Biomedica http://www.sorincardio.com/
St. Jude Medical http://www.sjm.com
Vitatron http://www.vitatron.com
PACING & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY ORGANISATIONS
British Pacing & Electrophysiology Group ( BPEG ) http://www.heart.org.uk/bpeg
Cardiac EPS http://www.cardiaceps.org/
Europace http://www.elsevier-international.com/journals/eupc/links.cfm
North American Society of Pacing & Electrophysiology ( NASPE ) http://www.naspe.org
Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology http://www.scvir.org
Association of Resuscitation Training Officers http://www.arto.org
Resuscitation Council ( UK ) http://www.resus.org.uk
Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com
Lycos http://www.lycos.com/
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/
Google http://www.google.co.uk
Angiotech http://www.angiotech.com/technology/device_applications_stents.php
Body1 http://www.body1.com/news/index.cfm/1/64/1
Mended Hearts http://www.mendedhearts.org
ASH http://www.ash.org
National Health Service Smoking Helpline http://www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
No Smoking Day http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk
QUIT http://www.quit.org.uk
WhyQuit – Nicotine Cessation Therapy ( NCT ) http://www.whyquit.com
National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/
British Cardiac Patients Association http://www.cardiac-bcpa.co.uk
Heartbeat Victoria http://www.heartbeatvictoria.org
Heart Net http://www.heartnet.org.au/home.html
National Heart Support Association – Heart Link http://www.heartlink.org.uk/
University of Maryland Medicine http://www.umm.edu/surgeryhome/surg-cardiac.html
Cardiology Technologists Association of Ontario http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~ctao/welcome.htm
Registered Council for Clinical Physiologists ( RCCP ) http://www.rccp.co.uk/
Society for Cardiological Science & Technology ( SCST ) http://www.scst.org.uk