Mayo Clinic: Heart Attack
- An overview of signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatments and other important facts.
- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-attack/DS00094
eMedicine Health - Heart Attack
- Consumer health resource center providing an overview of heart attacks and their causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/11029-1.asp
Heart Attack Decisionnaire
- Complete a check list about heart attack risks.
- http://www.drdonnica.com/decisionnaires/00000023.htm
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.
- http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2865
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.
- http://www.heartpoint.com/mi.html
American Heart Association
- 1998 U.S. heart attack and angina statistics.
- http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4591
AskMen.com
- Includes information of how to reduce the risk of heart attack.
- http://www.askmen.com/sports/health/health6.html
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.
- http://www.miamiheartresearch.org/Risk/Risk.htm
The Los Angeles Fire Department
- Signal and care for a person having a heart attack and the five steps of CPR.
- http://www.lafd.org/heart1.htm
Heart Site.com
- Explains what a heart attack is, the symptoms, what to do if one is suspected, hospital care, treatments and medication.
- http://www.heartsite.com/html/heart_attack.html
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.
- http://www.methodisthealth.com/health/heart/attack.htm
Bob Findlay's Site
- Relating to heart attack, heart bypass operations and heart disease. Cardiac support in the community.
- http://www.btinternet.com/~bob_findlay
MedicineNet.com
- A look at heart attack (myocardial infarction) and the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, recovery and prevention.
- http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/Art.asp?li=MNI&ArticleKey=379
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.
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart-attack.htm