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)
• Aspirin: From pain relief to preventive medicine (Mayo Clinic)
• United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Drug Guide (National Library of Medicine)

Surgical Procedures

• Heart Surgery Patient Video  (Providence St. Peter Hospital)
• Treating Coronary Artery Disease (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: Getting Your Heart Back in Gear (Mayo Clinic)
• What to Expect After Your Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)               
• Providence-Recommended Links: Reducing Heart Disease Risk               
• Mended Hearts               
• Heartmates