Department Of Medicine

UCSF Resources:

Cardiology Division patient education pages:
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Atrial Arrhythmia Center
A Guide to Arrhythmias
What is Cardiac Catheterization?
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
What are Coronary Stents?
The Electrocardiogram
The Echocardiogram
The Stress Echocardiogram
The Stress Thallium Test
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD's)
Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) noninvasive therapy for angina patients
Interventional Cardiology- For Health Care Consumers
Heart Failure Evaluation and Treatment Center
What is Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)?
What is Rotational Atherectomy?

Internet Resources:
(There are a variety of health and medicine resources available on the web and in other media. Please be sure to check the validity of the resources you use and the information you receive with your physician.)

Following are a few recommended sites (again, please discuss any information with your physician).

American Heart Association A-Z Guide (a comprehensive heart health guide)
MEDLINE plus (medication information, a service of the National Library of Medicine)
cardiosource (presented by the American College of Cardiology (ACC))
SeekWellness (conventional and alternative health information)
Take Wellness to Heart (women's health presented by the ACC)
healthfinder (a service of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)
The Framingham Heart Study (The renown 50 year National Institutes of Health heart research program, presents a score sheet to test your risk of heart disease)