Open Questions: The Cardiovascular System

See also: Diet and health -- Immune system disorders

Galaxy: Cardiovascular Diseases: Categorized site directory. Entries usually include descriptive annotations.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: U. S. government agency responsible for research into the circulatory system.

Category: Cardiology: Topic category from Wikipedia.
Cardiology: Article from Wikipedia. See also: Circulatory system, Cardiovascular disease, Artery, Heart, Coronary heart disease, Ischaemic heart disease, Atherosclerosis, Myocardial infarction, Cerebrovascular accident, Blood pressure, Arterial hypertension.
Atherosclerosis: Brief page of information on atherosclerosis, by the American Heart Association, with links to information on related topics at the same site.
Cardiovascular Disease and the Endothelium: Good article for a general audience by Jeffrey Porro. Explains the pathology of atherosclerosis and provides a list of suggested readings.
Sudden Cardiovascular Death: Summary article by Ben Best. The author has a longer, detailed survey: Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: Online report sponsored by the U. S. National Institutes of Health. Index. Part of the NCBI Bookshelf.
Controlling Hypertension: September 1996 article from the Archives of Internal Medicine, subtitled "A Research Success Story". Focuses on success of the use of antihypertensive drugs in reducing deaths from stroke and heart attack.

Atherosclerosis: The New View
Peter Libby
Scientific American, May 2002
Atherosclerosis
David P. Hajjar; Andrew C. Nicholson
American Scientist, September-October 1995, pp. 460-467: Researchers are gaining an understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). This understanding should soon lead to improved therapies for the disease.