This site contains up-to-date clinical information on numerous cardiovascular diseases. The lengthy subject based listing links to a summary of a specific disease that include an overview, diagnosis procedures, treatment, medication options, follow-up procedures and a bibliography. It is geared toward the industrialized country environment but contains useful clinical information. http://www.emedicine.com/cardiology/index.shtml The project's mission is to help prevent the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases in the developing world by providing current and reliable information. It contains data on demographics, mortality, morbidity, risk factors, and related health care . The site contains country files, graphs and maps plus region and variable search tools. This project is a joint effort of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Ottawa, Canada. http://www.cvdinfobase.ca The organisation's goal is to promote internationally the advancement of science, research, and practice of heart health and the prevention of heart disease and stroke on a global scale. The site contains information about the organization, its membership and several fulltext policy papers for the global community. http://www.internationalhearthealth.org ProCor is a global communication network promoting cardiovascular health in
developing countries and other low-resource settings. The network integrates email
and online knowledge sharing among health workers, public health professionals,
community programmers, advocates, policymakers, and information specialists. To
subscribe to ProCor's email news and discussion, send a message to
info@procor.org or visit www.procor.org for information on programs, research,
policies, resources, and events around the world that are relevant to
cardiovascular disease prevention. http://www.procor.org This PubMed search will identify all cardiovascular diseases related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%28%22cardiovascular%20diseases%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20cardiovascular%20diseases%5BText%20Word%5D%29%20AND%20%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D This site provides descriptions of WHO activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programs and offices working on this topic. It also includes links to related web sites and topics and is available in French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. http://www.who.int/topics/cardiovascular_diseases/en/ The World Heart Federation emphasizes prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low and middle-income countries. The site contains information about the organization and its membership and programs. It includes links to some of the organization's fulltext documents including guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention and Heartbeat, a quarterly electronic newsletter. http://www.world-heart-federation.org/ The objective of the World Hypertension League is to promote the detection, control and prevention of arterial hypertension. The organization, a division of the International Society of Hypertension, is a federation of leagues, societies, and other national bodies. The site contains information about the organization, its membership and projects. http://www.worldhypertensionleague.org/Pages/Home.aspx Help us to improve Essential Health Links. Please send your comments and suggestions to: eh-links@healthnet.org