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opinions nor the recommendations of the Zapper editorial staff.
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ICD
Recipients Personal Web Sites
ABC
NEWS "Smalltalk"
Superb video report about the relationship between the mind
and the heart and how some use a form of meditation to control their
cardiac rhythm.
about.com
Within the "portal" Heart Disease/Cardiology department is a
fairly extensive Arrhythmia section. That pages "frames" twenty other
sites dealing with subjects such as Long QT, ablation,
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, bundle branch block.
ADAM'S MedWeb
Better than a Search Engine for a LONG & WIDE variety of
health and medical issues on the internet in alphabetical order.
Advocate
Health Care A
fairly extensive site for clients of a Chicago area health
care provider, offering a wide scope of nuts & bolts information
for patients who do not speak Medicalese. Of particular interest to our
readers: Invasive
Procedures - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.
American Heart Association This site is
continuously updated, with two excellent
databases of news material from Reuters: one for consumer level
information and one for health professionals. This site is VERY
interactive and covers nearly all cardiac issues imagineable.
The AHA has a good page to study, when it comes to
understanding why decisions are made to implant an ICD, in the article,
ACC/AHA
Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia
Devices.
One of the most often asked questions: "When can I drive
after I get an ICD?" Check out: Personal
and Public Safety Issues Related to Arrhythmias That May Affect
Consciousness: Implications for Regulation and Physician Recommendations
to understand the issues involved in answering that question.
Also see Timely topics in Medicine
associate site.
As stipulated by E-Mail from the association:
"The appearance of this link to the AHA neither constitutes support nor
endorsement of The ZAPPER and its life saving mission."
Arryhthmia
& Syncope Website for DCEP Associates is dedicated to
the practice of
Cardiac Electrophysiology-dealing with various aspects of arrhythmia
management.
Arrhythmia
InfoCenter Contents An excellent site by a cardiologist
whose specilaty is
electrophysiology. Easy to understand definitions of the various buzz
words we must often decipher.
Artificial
Heart Fund
Interesting site which chronicles the efforts of Dr. Stephen
Westaby and his team to implant the Thermo Cardio Systems and Jarvik
2000 artificial hearts in England.
The site includes reporting on fund raising efforts, clinical
trials, news coverage, and links to relevant sites.
Dr. Atkins (Diet) Center
With many of us fighting the Battle of the Bulge... here is
one more option to consider. Check with your doctor before
doing your shopping to use this menu.
BioHeart
Bioheart,
Inc. is a cardiovascular disease management
organization with products that prevent heart attacks and assist those
individuals that have suffered from a heart attack return to a full
quality of life. The company’s two primary product offerings are
cellular implants (under development) for regenerating heart muscle
damaged from a heart attack; and customized therapies to prevent heart
attacks based on genetic mapping.
BioMedNet
"The Internet
Community for Biological and Medical
Researchers." It's one of the best online resources for web sites
dealing with just about every kind of biological or medical research
and treatment. The editors selected The ZAPPER
as a 3-Star site! Use the handy device below to search the BIOMEDNET
files.
Also check out the BioMedNet magazine: HMS Beagle which named The ZAPPER
its "Webpick of the Day" on July 7th!
Brugada
Syndrome:
Site supported by the Mapfre Medicine Foundation (Beligum) In 1992
a new syndrome consisting of syncopal episodes and/or
sudden death in patients with a structurally normal heart and a
characteristic electrocardiogram with a pattern resembling a right
bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 to V3 was
described. That syndrome was subsequently named Brugada. This site is
dedicated to collection and sharing information about this condition,
which effects a large group of our readers.
Cardiac
Arrest Survivor Network
(CASN) Finally... a physician equipped with an ICD! While most
caregivers genuinely care about us... few can really relate to living
with a shock delivering electronic box inside us. The founders of this
site, Dr. James Seder and Linda Miller Seder have "been there - done
that." He got an ICD after experiencing SCD. Her perspective is that of
a family member - on whom it is always harder than those of us with the
implant. An ICD equipped RN is on the CASN board of directors.
This organization provides a complete psychosocial support
network to SCD survivors, families, and those at risk offering
interactive support strategies to help us meet our emotional challenges
including:
Cardiac
Arrhythmia InfoCenter:
This site si the work of by Nicholas G. Tullo, M.D., F.A.C.C.. The
material was adapted from a patient information booklet he published in
1991. It is expanded to include topics to include technical aspects
normally reserved for students of cardiology. It has an excellent set
of definitions for a dozen different arrhythmia related problems.
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research
and Education Foundation The URL offers a significant clue
about the focus of this
organization: LongQT Syndrome. The site includes a valuable (printable
from PDF file) Emergency Card
that LongQT patients can carry to alert medical personnel about which
medications will affect them adversely.
Cardiac
Risk in the Young
Cardiac Risk in the Young, a UK charity which raises
awareness of cardiac abnormalities (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Ion Channelopathies
[Long QT, Brugada, Lev-Lenegre's,] Wolff/Wolfe Parkinson White
Syndrome, and Marfan Syndrome) which if undetected can lead to sudden
cardiac death. We promote and campaign heart screenings and also offer
help, support and counselling to families affected by these heart
conditions.
Cardima
Corporation While most of our readers depend on a
defibrillator to save
us when we get potentially lethal epsiodes of arrhythmia, many others
are getting permanent relief with a procedure called ablation. Cardima
is a company which builds the instruments used in such procedures.
Their website offers insight into this type of option. This website has
undergone imcredible modifications, offering many multimedia
presentations to help people better understand arrhythmia related
issues.
Cardiology
News Group Internet (USENET) news group where
all kinds of
cardiac patients (some who - lucky for them - just THINK they are,)
medical and health professionals and semi-professionals discuss
everthing under the sun.
Scrutinize material posted here... always consider the source
of each posting. NEVER use material posted here to
diagnose or treat without consulting a professional!
Cardiosource
One of
the two BEST sites for professional level cardiology
information. Layout is VERY user friendly and easy to navigate. Sign-up
required, but free at the present time. The site also includes an
excellent links datatbase.
Cardiovascular Institute:
This is a very easy to use arrhythmia FAQ sheet on the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine website.
Cardiovascular
Institute of the South Excellent files on line about
various arrhythmia related
issues, plus many internal sites to other cardiac disorders.
CBS
Healthwatch Consumer (heart) health news prepared by the
network news
group in a joint effort with Medscape.
ChanTest
A group of
scientists who perform critical testing of
pharmaceutical company compounds during the FDA approval process. This
site advocates preclinical cardiac repolarization measurements be
incorporated into the determination of the effects of every new drug on
the QT interval.
The
Children's Hospital Medical
Center of Akron The center where one of our youngest Roo's
is treated. This
site provides helpful information sheets on specific childhood diseases
and disorders.
Living
Life to the Fullest is the story of one of our favorite
'Roos... Nicole Tiffan. You can watch a (WINDOWS MEDIA) video report
about Nicole by copy/pasting the follwing into your player [OPEN URL] window: http://www.ZapLife.org/archive/nicole1.wmv
- for cable/DSL users; and http://www.ZapLife.org/archive/nicole2.wmv
- for dial-up users
. Clicking does not work.
The
Children's Health Information Network
Congenital Heart Disease Information and Resources The goal of
this fairly new site is to provide information
and resources to families of children with congenital and acquired
heart disease, adults with CHD, and the professionals who work with
them.
Citizens
for Better Medicare Website of coalition that spends a lot
of money on TV
commercials which urge specific changes in the medicare reform efforts.
If this issue is important to you, examine the positions taken by this
group carefully to determine if this is in your best interest. Also
check to see who is involved in this effort which may reveal vested
interests.
Cleveland
Clinic/Cardiology Department These series of pages are
among the best we've found with a
focus on a myriad of heart and cardiovascular issues.
Clinical
Trials.gov Are you willing to be a guinea pig? At any
given time, as
many as a dozen EP researchers are looking for test subjects. Before
you say, "No Way!" think about this: You are still alive because people
offered to test new devices, meds, and ideas. I did, with my first ICD
being an investigational unit. Plus, some of these scientists are
working on projects to find ways to cure or lessen problems you might
have... that are not yet treatable.
CNN Interactive - Food and
Health News THE place to check *daily* on health
procedures, research,
warnings, alerts, etc. The vast resources of Cable News Network updates
this great site. ANY minute of the day, when something - anything - new
breaks.
Learn CPR No
joke... There's actually a web page dedicated to this life
saving technique. The Cardio-Pulminary Rescusitation site by the
University of Washington. It has a super guide on how to do CPR on
different people: adults, kids, babies. It also offers a video and
other training aids.
Data Critical PaceArt
recently merged with this company which provides
communications solutions for the health care industry. Among the
wireless and internet based products, many are designed to help care
for cardiac patients... such as ECG and health care record
transmission. This company will soon provide patients with secure,
online access to their medical records, an e-mail connection to their
health care provider, and even links to the latest medical research.
Studio Delos This
is a really neat site dealing with arrhythmia and
defibrillators. The site is designed & maintained by a frequent Zapper
visitor, a Field Clinical Engineer for a major cardiac rhythm
management company. It features the best listing of ICD/AICD support
groups I have ever seen! This site also has a superb (Barnes &
Noble) associate bookstore.
Note: Please do not email me asking
if I'm crazy to promote competition for The ZAPPER bookstore.
I want you to get the best help you can... If Delos can get you a
title I can't (or cheaper than I can offer,) I am thrilled for you -
honest. My loyalty is to my readers... not amazon.com.
DietWatch DietWatch
is the world's first diet program that integrates
the power of a web community with a personal nutrition and exercise
diary. Enrollment in the program is free.
Genetics
of Cardiac Arrest - Message Board This Message Board is an
excellent place to ask questions,
accumulate information and share stories in regards to Cardiac Arrest
within the context of Long QT.
Dr.
Koop's Community The former U.S. Surgeon General shares
his wisdom with the
world... directly via the internet. This site was recently upgraded and
remodeled to be moreuser friendly, as well as fun to use. News items
are added in a more timely manner now, too. There is so much to offer,
you owe it to yourself to go snoop Koop('s Community).
The site does require free registration, but allows you to
send questions to Dr. K!
Einthoven
- Advances in Cardiac
Arrhythmias A site with a physician's point of view mostly
for health
care professionals. In addition to featuring case histories and reports
and meeting reviews, the feature on anti-arrhythmic drugs is quite
useful.
ELA
Medical Products A
pacemaker and defibrillatoir company challenging the more
well known ICD makers for their share of the implantable business. A
visit to the site is worthwhile to see the research Ela is conducting
to reduce inappropriate shocks.
eMedicine.com
An online
medical encyclopeadia (in progress.) Ultimately,
there will be few undefined terms and jargon as this site seeks to
offer translations of medicalese into humanese. Of special interest:
Endocardial
Solutions, Inc. This company develops, makes, and sells
the hardware that
makes electrophysiology studies possible. Doctors use ES hardware to do
the arrhythmia mapping to locate problems in our "cardiac ignition
systems."
The
EP Lab A very useful
site... with separate sections for patients and
professionals. As we often mention... the EPS (electrophysiology study)
can be the most frightening aspect of getting an ICD. This site has
straight forward answers to allay the anxieties. For EP profressionals,
this site provides various equipment analysis, technique discussions,
and even tips on turning a Cath lab into an EP lab.
FCC
Rules to Establish a Medical Implant Communications Service If
you ever wondered how the government makes decisions about
the most minute details of who gets what radio frequencies, this will
provide insight. Most of this deals with a Medtronic petition to use
the 402-405 MHz band.
The Franklin
Institute This is a unique interactive online museum. Take
a fun
"E-ticket" ride through the heart, and visit a comprehensive
FAQ file.
Futura
Publishing Company, Inc. This company produces a wide
variety of publications for
health professionals, including eight different cardiology journals.
Among those...
Both are official journals of the North American Society of
Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) and the International Cardiac
Pacing and Electrophysiology Society (ICPES.)
The site also permits ordering many highly technical texts,
CD-ROM, and other media. One such title is Clinical Aspects of
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy a booklet for
physicians entering the field of electrophysiology. It is part of a
larger work called Clinical Approaches to
Tachyarrhythmias Series, Volume 9 which is NOT for anyone
who does not understand the highly technical elements inside our magic
boxes.
Guidant
Corporation Primary web sites for the company that is one
of the major
Pacemakers & AICD makers. Detailed history of the Guidant's
research, development, finances, etc. are here. News Release
archive is also available. But for ICD recipients, the following are
probably the most helpful:
Health
Central A good
site for consumer level health news. It is a very
interactive and user friendly site with a broad scope - not
coincidentally because it mirrors the content presented on TV and radio
by the very credible, Doctor Dean Edell.
(Free) Registration required. Doing so will allow you to
respond to an extensive questionnaire which will build a remarkable,
wide ranging, health profile for yourself.
General Health
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia type overview of arrhythmia, including various
types of problems and treatment options.
Listen to Dr.
Dean Edell Program
For arrhythmia patients, two specific pages are worth
visiting: An easy to understand discussion of V-Tach
and a well written article that eases the fears of an EPS.
Health
Gate HealthGate
bridges the information gap between patients,
doctors, researchers and other communities within the health industry.
Excellent site for health care professionals wanting to search
technical documents for specific topics.
This is a great site for accessing the latest news and
research results. Not the place to go if you don't understand a lot of
medical jargon, but super for physicians, nurses, technicians, and
health professionals. If you can handle a lot of scientific
terminology, you will find a wealth of academic and research papers
using the following:
The
Health Network This is the online version of the very
consumer oriented TV
program you see running in many doctors' offices and clinics. It was
formerly American Health Network and is a joint venture of Fox
Entertainment Group and AHP Partners. This service has originated many
ground breaking webcasting firsts such as live births and heart
surgeries.
Healthy Heart Market
Going into a grocery store and reading labels (especially in
the prepared soup aisles) can be enough of a shock to start a V-tach
epsiode. Now, you are as close as a mouse click to shopping for items not
loaded with sodium and other elements which can harm you.
theHEART.org
This is THE
best site on line for cardiology health
professionals. Not only does it offer comprensive daily
breaking news updates - including the latest results from researchers,
theHEART.org provides numerous netcasts, chats, streaming reports, and
PowerPoint displays. Many of the programs offer CME credits. The scope
of the board, editors, and contributors is spectacular... coming from
highly regarded educational and treatment centers such as Cleveland,
UCSF, Duke, numerous corporate and international cardiology
specialists, etc. Coverage of the ACC 2001 meeting in Orlando was
especially outstanding - check our March, News
Archive.
Heart Center Online
A well laid out community with separate sites for physicians
and patients. Both link to news updates, but the patient side offers
several interesting health "calculators." The site makes a TERRIFIC use
of interactive functions.
Heart
Information Network An
extensive site which categorizes and reviews all kinds of
cardiology related resources: Clinics, physicians, diet, and internet
sites. The site also solicits and displays personal stories from heart
patients in a wide variety of categories. It also has a nice display of
the most recent cardiac related news.
Heart
Operations If
you are a fan of the real life look inside an ER on TLC...
this is a fun visit. Don't go if you are squeamish about stop motion
video of the inside of someone's chest. It's neat stuff if you want to
view what you may have undergone.
(HP)
Heartstream What happens to people who suffer SCD or SCA
and do not have
an ICD? That is why we are a strong advocate for AED (automatic
external defibrillator) public accessability. This is one place to
start if looking for information on AED technology. Among the Hewlett
Packard offerings is one device that is small enough to be hand held!
Information about related products such as an ECG event analyzer and
bateries are also available.
Heart
Web A www-site
similar to The ZAPPER
except it is directed more toward the health care professional and
researcher with links to many related sites.
A slide show: Management of Atrial
Fibrillation by Dr. John Fisher is especially worth the time to
watch, for patients as well as health care professionals.
An online Calendar of
Upcoming Meetings and Conferences offers a very extensive list of
times and places where cardiac issues are addressed.
One of the most useful HeartWeb elements is a great search
engine connected to a very extensive database of EP research and
treatment.
Hoag Memorial
Hospital Presbyterian of Electrophysiology Page This site
from the hospital in Southern California, where several of our readers
got their ICD, offers a simple and easy understand overview of
diagnosis of arrhythmia and treatment options.
ICD Recipient Personal Pages
Andrew's Heart & His
Courageous Battle A splendid site by Zapper reader, Dolly,
which chronicles her
son's fight to survive Congenital Heart Defects.
Brad's
Place "The Power of A Heart Beat" is the work of ZapChat
regular,
Brad Hollis. His collection of "Writings From The Heart" is one of the
most personal looks inside the life of a young man committed to
overcoming many challenges... to become an author. Only eighteen, Brad
has already mastered the ability to convey powerful emotional feelings.
Cordarone/Amiodarone
Effects A young woman, who lost her father, seeks
information from
people who have had trouble with cordarone. The story of what her
father went through is very upsetting.
Dan's ICD
Web Page Dan is a loyal Zapper fan
in
California who has built a website to share his story with others.
Anyone facing either an EP Study or ICD implant should read HIS
STORY which gives a very personal look at the emotions we (and our
loved ones) face, and how one family dealt with this change in life.
The site also features some very nice pitures dealing with the
technology that keeps us alive.
Five
Jewels In My Chest Greg (Turk) Ozdemir's online support
group for people near
him in Connecticut.
Haifa ICD Group
The original ICD support group in Israel where many of the
new devices are first tested & implanted. Fantastic Medtronic
support files & links. Dr. Zvi Har'El (not a cardiologist - a patient)
has really made this a labor of love.
Heart Help Net Lee
Roush's online support group has joined forces. She and
Ginger have spent a lot of time nurturing this site with quite a bit of
information on CHF and cardiomyopathy with a special focus for women.
Heart
Throb This is one individual's homepage featuring a
potpourri of
personal interests, including cardiology. Some of the java/QT apps are
a bit annoying, so you may want to go to these videos directly:
Jan's Long
QT Pate With so many of our readers' families touched by
L-QT... this
is a must visit site.
Jon's Place
A very extensive site with its primary focus on CHF. I'd call
this the premier site by another heart patient (also named Jon) sharing
his insights with others on the same road. Here are a few of the
helpful pages:
Pacemaker Club
An eclectic site by a pacemaker recipient seeking to answer
all questions that might arise, while selling personal web sites and
certificates.
A
Survivor's Story Web site of Rachel Smith, who put her
experience of getting
an ICD into a book. You can now get her book directly from amazon.com, Sudden
Death: A Survivor's Story.
Zapper UK Colin
Kerridge's version of our site, tailored for folks in
Europe. We cheerfully donated all our programs to the CKTrust which is
why there is such a similarity in appearance.
implantable.com
This
index dedicated to implantable pacing and defibrillation
technology is targeted more to health professionals.
Low graphic intensive, it loads fast with more than a dozen
departments of user friendly access to scores of databases. Currently
building an E-Mail directory on site.
Implanted Defibrillator
A page of basic information for healthcare providers
published by Inland Cardiology Associates of Spokane, Washington. The
page was last updated in latet 1996, but links to a site promoting a cruise
for ICD recipients in 1999. The excursion for people aboard a ship
(renamed the USS Arrhythmia) with implantable defibrillators, their
families and friends.... with the security of having EP specialists
aboard.
Implantable
Cardioverter-Defibrillator A similar page of basic
information for heart patients
who have been advised they are a candidate for an ICD. This site by the
American
Academy of Family Physicians. Using easy to understand language,
the site answers the questions we all have asked: What is an ICD? Why
do I need it? How does it work and what does it feel like and how will
it change my life?
Indiana
Heart Institute The web site of the major cardiac center
in Indiana - Saint
Vincent Hospital, where many of our readers received their ICD
implants. It's a user friendly site providing lots of usable material.
Institute
of Heart Math Research This research on the effects of
thought and emotion on the
heart is facinating. Plus, if numbers can't lie, this data shows how we
think and what we think about CAN determine whether we get a shocking
dose of "therapy" &/or rush to the hospital.
International
Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation Very
interesting site that examines ethical issues as well as
scientific advances. It also is a vehicle for medical professionals to
network.
Internet
Medical Education, Inc. Still under construction.
Ivanhoe
Broadcast News IBN is the producer of MEDICAL
BREAKTHROUGHS and a
leading syndicator of (medical) TV news reports, probably airing in
your hometown.
Their product has the highest level of editorial integrity, while using
quality production values.
IBN recently began charging for access to some of their
online material. Many items remain availablae for free such as AN
ANSWER FOR FAINTING (syncope,) although the video version is no
longer available.
Watch
their latest reports on RealPlayer format. It's smart to subscribe
to Ivanhoe's free weekly (emailed) newsletter, First-to-Know Bulletin.
I don't know how they do it, but they manage to routinely "scoop" the
media giants with advances in medical research and treatments.
Journal of the Canadian
Working Group on Cardiac Pacing A site for Canadian
electrophysiology professionals, edited
by Dr. Michael Rosengarten (who also designed OnLine Journal below) This has many
multilingual sources and several training videos, including one
excellent 28 minute program, Life with your ICD,
that every ICD candidate (or recipient) should watch.
LifeCor
1999 saw a lot of excitement over testing of an alternative
to an ICD: The Automatic Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator. LifeCor
is a company involved in the development of that "life vest." Their
website takes a (clinical) look at SCA and how their (investigational
use) equipment may fill a need in the future.
LifeLinkMD Sudden
Cardiac Arrest strikes 350,000 people a year - that's
about 1,000 people every day.LifeLinkMD is committed to removing
barriers to widespread automated external defibrillator (AED) placement
and increasing public access defibrillation.
Mayo
Clinic/Health Oasis On
online medical encyclopædia from one of the world's
most famous medical centers. Several pages our readers like:
MDchoice.com This
page, ECG Rounds - Challenging ECG's with explanations,
is pretting interesting. Do NOT go here if you are prone to crane your
neck to watch the cardiac monitors when you are in the hospital. In
fact, I suspect this site will benefit only the health care
professionals.
MedExact
A site exclusively for physicians, providing online
information exchange on various levels:
- Treatment guidelines and evidence-based information from
leading medical associations
- Current Treatment Advances from opinion leaders and
academic institutions
- Comprehensive information on all prescription medicines
Med
Help International - The Virtual Medical Center for Patients This
site attempts to offer advice on a wide variety of maladies, including
heart problems. Bear in mind when visiting this site: EVERY body is
different.. and any treatment regimine should be discussed with
your doctor before using it! Medhelp:
Amioderone Side Effects
MedHunt
MedHunt is a
fast, full-text search engine dedicated to the
health internet. It offers extensive internet resources for both
medical professionals and the general public. It provides a rich,
easy-to-use, quality-oriented and steadily-growing index of thousands
of sites and medical support communities.
Medical Bloopers
from EP Publishing Yes, our road can be traumatic. But who
has not also laughed
out loud getting to where you are? For a break from shocks... click
here to have your funny bone tickled by the folks who work to improve
our health. The site may also accept anectdotes from patients too!
Medical
Data International
A B-to-B company which says: "Medical Data International,
Inc. is a business knowledge company providing the healthcare industry
with actionable information and insight for better business results.
MDI offers a broad range of information solutions, including
conferences, market and technology reports, newsletters, information
databases, and consulting."
Especially worth examing is an online article, Managing
Congestive Heart Failure which examines the use of implanted
devices to deal with CHF.
MedicAlert
What happens
when paramedics arrive at your home or rush to
your location in public? It's important emergency crews know you have
an ICD implant and can access your medical information PDQ. There are a
lot of companies making bracelets to indicate your unique health
situation... but this is the original. In addition to the jewelry, this
organization maintains member medical records (including DNR, living
will, organ donation, treatment directives) to expedite treatment as
well as family notification.
Medicats.com:
Medical Jobs,
Careers, Employment This online Personnel Office serves job
hunters and employers
in the health care industry. Nurses and others can submit their resume.
Head hunters can scan those files and post job openings.
MedicineNet
Arrhythmia section of an extensive database of medical
information on diseases, treatments, procedures, drugs, and news.
Medscape
- Medical Tribune With
this super site on the web - DON'T waste time at a
magazine rack! This link will keep you up to date on the latest of new
treatment procedures and research. Some material's pretty specific
covering everthing from AIDS to Zocor... Primarily targeted to health
professionals, but much of it is understandable by the general public.
This extensive site answers more FAQ's (beyond cardiology) than you can
imagine!
Medtronic
Incorporated Primary
web site for one of the big three Pacemaker/ICD
manufacturers. The site was recently rebuilt and is FULL of interesting
pages, such as Medtronic NEWS RELEASES.
Comprehensive history of Medtronic's research and development programs
beyond cardiology.
MegaHeart
After
hereditary influences and what you were at birth, what
you put in your mouth accounts for more health problems than anything
else. Conversely, many health problems can be improved, if not
elminated by changing what you eat. The Megaheart site can provide you
with the tools to do that. Site builder, Donald A. Gazzaniga, has also
written a book on what he has learned: The
No Salt, Lowest-Sodium Cookbook features hundreds of favorite
recipes to combat congestive heart failure.
Mended
Hearts, Inc. Looking
to connect with others with cardiac problems in your
area? This is a good place to start. Much of the site (such as the
bulletin board) is restricted to members only. Still, you can access
chapters of this organization in most metro areas.
MSNBC - Health Page
Much improved site for consumer level health information,
with expert terminology translated into humanese. Most of the solid
writing is by Charlene Laino. One example: Shocking hearts back to
health
Nando
Times Similar
to the CNN site. The story selection appears to be
updated frequently and is more user friendly with a better design for
an online service.
National
Library of Medicine The online database collective of the
National Institute of
Health provides a wealth of information on just about every health
related statistic monitored by the government. Excellent source for
researchers and professionals but may be a bit overwhelming for an
ordinary health consumer.
Our readers will find most interest in MEDLINEplus-Arrhythmia
Nasiff
Associates, Inc. This company designed and markets the
CardioSuite, now used
by many to manage the collection, analysis, and storage of various ECG
studies.
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute This is an agency within the National
Institutes of Health,
part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It offers
many interactive applications, reports on various studies, and tips for
living healthier.
New England Journal of
Medicine THE most quoted source for reports on medical
breakthroughs.
The online edition provides abstracts of articles in the current issue
as well as those in the archive. Paid subscribers can access full text
versions. Current Issue Contents
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