Open Questions: The Cardiovascular System
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Site indexes
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Galaxy: Cardiovascular Diseases
- Categorized site directory. Entries usually include
descriptive annotations.
Sites with general resources
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- U. S. government agency responsible for research into
the circulatory system.
Surveys, overviews, tutorials
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Category: Cardiology
- Topic category from
Wikipedia.
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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.
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Atherosclerosis
- Brief page of information on atherosclerosis, by the
American Heart Association, with links to information on
related topics at the same site.
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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.
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Sudden Cardiovascular Death
- Summary article by
Ben Best. The author has a longer, detailed survey:
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
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Heart Keeps Pumping Out New Cells
- Brief April 2009 Scientific American article.
"A study in the journal Science used changing carbon 14
levels--from nuclear bomb testing--to show that the adult
human heart does continue to produce new muscle cells,
albeit in small numbers."
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Can Seaweed Mend a Broken Heart?
- Brief April 2009 Scientific American article.
"New research indicates that an alginate-based biomaterial."
injected into heart attack victims may stave off further damage
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Heart cells found to regenerate
- Brief April 2009 Scientific American article about new
research showing some heart muscle cells do regenerate.
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Reactive Reasoning
- March 2005 Scientific American article, subtitled
"Is an inflammation protein the next cholesterol?"
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Signal Jammer
- July 2003 Scientific American article, subtitled
"An academic experiment leads to a new class of drug for
attacking heart disease."
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Drug Slashes Risk of Heart Attack
- March 2001 Scientific American news article, about
ability of clopidogrel to reduce risk of death, heart attacks, and
strokes.
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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.
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How anger can lead to heart disease
- May 2000 news article about the possible connectin between heart
disease and high levels of homocysteine in the blood due to
high levels of hostility and anger.
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Plant sterols help lower bad cholesterol
- March 2000 news article about the beneficial effect of plant
sterols for lowering LDL.
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Testosterone link to heart risk in bald men
- January 2000 news article about a correlation between male
baldness and risk for coronary heart disease, possibly due to
elevated levels of testosterone.
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Lifestyle can almost eliminate heart disease
- November 1999 news article about how risk of heart disease in
women can be reduced 82% as a result of sensible eating,
exercise, weight control, and avoidance of smoking.
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Why cutting fats may harm the heart
- March 1999 news article from Science News, about
possible harmful effects of reduced fat intake on cardiovascular
health.
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The baddest of the bad cholesterols?
- September 1996 news article from Science News, about
a link between abnormally small LDL particles and risk for
heart disease.
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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.
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Harbinger of a Heart Attack
- June 1997 news article about a blood test that may help
predict heart attack risk.
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Atherosclerosis: The New View
Peter Libby
Scientific American, May 2002
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The New GI Tracts
Janet Raloff
Science News, April 8, 2000
- For preventing heart disease, diets that control insulin
are all the buzz.
- 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.
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