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UCLA
Cardiovascular Hospitalization Atherosclerosis Management Program
(CHAMP)
This web site describes the design, rationale, and
results of CHAMP. It provides all the tools you need to implement
a hospital based atherosclerosis treatment program. Included are
the UCLA CHAMP Clinical Practice Guideline, UCLA LDL Treatment to
Goal Guideline, UCLA Cardiac Preprinted Admission Orders, CHAMP
Care Maps, Cardiac Discharge Orders, Patient Tracking Forms,
Patient Education Materials, and Key Scientific References. There
are downloadable slide sets. Links to other useful web sites are
also provided.
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Americal
Heart Association
Resources are divided into categories for patients and health
care professionals.
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Healthfinder
This is a government-created site, the purpose of which is to
collect and filter high-quality, reliable medical information on
the internet as determined by personnel from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services and other U.S. government agencies.
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MedWeb:
Cardiology
This Net site a Emory University serves as a large directory of
many cardiology resources on the Web for patients and physicians.
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Cardiovascular
Pathology
This site, a portion of the online Atlas of Pathology from the
University of Illinois College of Medicine is an excellent
teaching tool for studying cardiovascular pathology.
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The
Heart
This site, put together by the Franklin Institute Science
Museum in Philadelphia, shows the anatomy of the cardiopulmonary
system with appealing visual effects and has information for
developing good health habits.
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The
General Education Site for Cardiovascular Disease
Explanations of cardiovascular disorders that are what your
cardiologist would tell you (more detailed than consumer
publications, not as detailed as publications written for
practitioners).
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The
Virtual Medical Center (Medconsult.com, Inc.)
Information on AIDS, Allergies, Arthritis, Asthma, Breast
Cancer, Diabetes, Heart, Hypertension, Pregnancy Complications,
and Prostate Cancer. Include patient discussion/support groups.
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HealthGate
Health and wellness, including women's health, free Medline and
other literature searches, and consumer health information.
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MedNet
Interactive
Free Medline and other literature searches and discussion
groups for physicians of various specialties.
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3rd International Conference on Paraoxonases
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Department of Medicine
Statistics Core