- Acute Myocardial Infarction GAP Project in Michigan - AMI GAP in Michigan is an effort to improve care for AMI with education and tool-based application of the ACC/AHA Acute Myocardial Infarction Guidelines in acute care hospitals.
- American Heart Association - 1998 U.S. heart attack and angina statistics.
- AskMen.com - Includes information of how to reduce the risk of heart attack.
- Bob Findlay's Site - Relating to heart attack, heart bypass operations and heart disease. Cardiac support in the community.
- Cardiology Channel - Information on heart attack diagnosis and treatments. Find a cardiologist in your area.
- eMedicine Health - Heart Attack - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of heart attacks and their causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- George Washington University Hospital - Explains how important immediate treatment is in case of a heart attack. A list of common symptoms and important therapies are talked about which must be administered as soon as possible.
- The Heart Attack 1945 - An article about a San Francisco newspaperman C.H. Brick Garrigues, separated from his wife, unhappy in his job, a cigarette smoker, trying to become a successful writer, suffers a Myocardial Infarction.
- Heart Attack Decisionnaire - Complete a check list about heart attack risks.
- Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention - From the AAFP.
- Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention - Information from the AAFP.
- Heart Site.com - Explains what a heart attack is, the symptoms, what to do if one is suspected, hospital care, treatments and medication.
- HeartInfo.org: Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs - Description of possible warning signals, plus information on silent ischemia.
- HeartPoint - Myocardial infarction - Clear patient-oriented information on having a heart attack. Includes an animation of the pathological process and answers to a wide variety of common questions about this type of heart disease.
- How Stuff Works - Carl Bianco M.D. provides a 6-part graphical in-depth look at heart disease, heart attacks and angina. Topics include atherosclerosis, hypertension, cholesterol, smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus and stress.
- The Los Angeles Fire Department - Signal and care for a person having a heart attack and the five steps of CPR.
- Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction - A report of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Mayo Clinic Health Information - A description and warning signs, followed by steps to be taken if a heart attack is suspected.
- Mayo Clinic: Heart Attack - An overview of signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatments and other important facts.
- MedicineNet.com - A look at heart attack (myocardial infarction) and the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, recovery and prevention.
- Methodist Health Care System - Explains what a heart attack is and talks about the inherited and acquired risk factors, management of risk factors, warning signs and treatment.
- Miami Heart Research Institute - Detailed discussion on smoking, blood pressure, weight, exercise, diabetes, age and gender and family history. There is a calculator on site to calculate your own risk of having a heart attack.
- University of Michigan Health System - Discussion about heart attacks, how they occur, symptoms, recovery, and risk factors.
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