Cardiovascular Medicine: Online Resources

From the University of Michigan

Includes video diagrams of a beating heart with accompanying graphs of vessel pressures and blood volumes, ECGs, and heart sounds. This tutorial was developed at the University of Utah.

Includes photographs of various parts of the heart in healthy and diseased systems. Developed at the University of Utah.

Includes interactive illustrations and animations.

Health topics from MedlinePlus, NIH's dedicated consumer health information resource.

This site from the Center for Disease Control includes facts and statistics, risk factors, prevention, and educational materials about heart disease.

From the Cleveland Clinic.

Includes information about heart basics, tests, procedures, and diseases. Developed by a physician at the Medical College of Georgia.

News for cardiovascular professionals. Reports on clinical issues, socioeconomic topics, and industry developments.

From the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE Guidance includes published guidelines, as well as those in development.

The Calgary Guide is a compendium of flow-charts that link disease pathophysiology and disease manifestation. The Cardiovascular category includes: ECG, cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease, physical exam, ischemic heart disease, cardia arrhythmias, shock, vascular disease, valvular disorders, cardiomyopathies, heart failure, and pericardial disease.

Part of the National Institutes of Health.

Focuses on heart disease prevention in low-middle income countries.